Pesticidal mixture comprising a pyrazole compound and an insecticide

ABSTRACT

Compositions and methods of using a pesticidal mixture PM that includes at least one compound of formula I defined above, an insecticide and a fungicide for protecting crop, plant propagation material, or soil or water in which the plants are growing, against attack or infestation by invertebrate pests and/or phytopathogenic fungi are described. Also described is a seed treatment composition that includes the pesticidal mixture PM, as well as seeds treated using the pesticidal mixture PM or the seed treatment composition. Methods for controlling invertebrate pests and/or phytopathogenic fungi on crop plants are described that include contacting the plant or the plant propagation material; the pest or its food supply, habitat or breeding ground; and/or the fungi or habitat, with an effective amount of the pesticidal mixture PM or the seed treatment composition. Binary mixtures of a compound of formula I and a second pesticidal component are also described.

CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS

This application is a divisional of Ser. No. 15/550,191, filed Aug. 10, 2017, which is a U.S. National Phase Application of PCT/EP2016/052218, filed Feb. 3, 2016, which claims the benefit of priority to European Patent Application No. 15154717.1, filed Feb. 11, 2015, the entire contents of which are hereby incorporated by reference herein.

BACKGROUND

Invertebrate pests and in particular insects, arachnids and nematodes destroy growing and harvested crops and attack wooden dwelling and commercial structures, thereby causing large economic loss to the food supply and to property. Accordingly, there is an ongoing need for pesticides and pesticidal mixtures for combating invertebrate pests.

It has been found that N-(het)arylamides derived from pyrazole carboxylic acids, which are described e.g. in WO2010/034737, WO2012/084670, WO2012/143317, and WO2015/055497 are particularly useful for combating pests.

Furthermore, pesticidal mixtures of such pyrazole compounds with a further insecticide or fungicide are described in WO2012/084670 and WO2013/189801.

Nevertheless, there remains a need for pesticidal mixtures, which are suitable for overcoming specific problems in pest control.

In this context, it is also important to note that pest infestation is often accompanied by infestation with harmful fungi, so that it is often not only required that the pesticidal mixtures are suitable for pest control, but also that they are suitable for controlling harmful fungi. In this regard, it is noted that row crops selected from wheat, maize, barley, oat, rye, rice, soybean, cotton, sugar-beet, rapeseed, and potato which are of particular commercial importance, are highly vulnerable in terms of the attack or infestation by certain invertebrate pests and pythopathogenic harmful fungi. Relevant invertebrate pests for the above row crops include aphids, diptera, leafhopper, thrips, and whitefly, preferably aphids and/or thrips. Important harmful fungi include Pythium sp., Fusarium sp., Rhizoctonia sp., Ustilago sp., Tilletia sp., Michrodochium sp., Gaeumannomycesgraminik, Aphanomyces cochlioides, Sclerotinia sp., and Phoma sp., preferably Pythium sp., Fusarium sp., Ustilago sp., Tilletia sp., Michrodochium sp., Gaeumannomycesgraminik, Aphanomyces cochlioides, Sclerotinia sp., and Phoma sp., more preferably Pythium sp., Fusarium sp., or Phoma sp. Consequently, a pesticidal mixture is required, which has insecticidal activity against the above listed pests, and at the same time fungicidal activity against the above listed fungi. It is therefore an object of the present invention to provide pesticidal mixtures, which are suitable for protecting a plant selected from wheat, maize, barley, oat, rye, rice, soybean, cotton, sugarbeet, rapeseed, and potato against the harmful effects of the above listed pests and fungi.

Furthermore, there are increasing problems with insect resistance and/or fungal resistance, while it is at the same time desired to reduce dosage rates of the active ingredients in order to reduce or avoid unfavorable environmental or toxicological effects. It is therefore another object of the present invention to provide pesticidal mixtures, which overcome the problem of insect resistance and/or fungal resistance. It is yet another object of the present invention to provide pesticidal mixtures, which can be applied in low dosage rates.

Furthermore, there is a desire for pesticidal mixtures that improve “plant health” as defined below. It is therefore another object of the present invention to provide pesticidal mixtures, which are suitable for improving the plant health.

In connection with the above objects, it is emphasized that in certain situations, in particular seeds, plant roots, and shoots are threatened by harmful pests and/or fungi. Accordingly, there is also an ongoing need for pesticidal mixtures and seed treatment compositions comprising said pesticidal mixtures, which are suitable for protecting the plant propagation material, in particular the seeds, and the plant roots and shoots of the plant from attack and infestation by harmful pests and/or fungi. It is particularly desired to provide pesticidal mixtures and seed treatment compositions, which not only have activity against pests and/or fungi in the soil, which threaten the seeds and the roots of the plant, but which also ensure protection against foliar pests and/or fungi as defined above, when applied to the seeds only, e.g. by seed dressing, seed coating, seed dusting, seed soaking or seed pelleting, in order to protect the shoots of the plant. It is therefore another object of the present invention to provide pesticidal mixtures and seed treatment compositions, which are suitable for protecting the plant propagation material, in particular the seeds and the roots and shoots of a plant, in particular a plant selected from wheat, maize, barley, oat, rye, rice, soybean, cotton, sugarbeet, rapeseed, and potato, against the harmful effects of pests and/or fungi. In particular, it is an object to provide pesticidal mixtures and seed treatment compositions, which are suitable for protecting the shoots of a plant, in particular a plant selected from wheat, maize, barley, oat, rye, rice, soybean, cotton, sugarbeet, rapeseed, and potato, against harmful foliar pests and/or fungi as defined above, when applied to the seeds only.

SUMMARY

In a first aspect, the present invention relates to the use of a pesticidal mixture PM for protecting a plant selected from wheat, maize, barley, oat, rye, rice, soybean, cotton, sugarbeet, rapeseed, and potato, the plant propagation material thereof, or soil or water, in which said plants are growing, against the attack or infestation by invertebrate pests and/or phytopathogenic harmful fungi, wherein the pesticidal mixture comprises as active components

1) at least one active compound of formula I:

-   -   wherein     -   R¹ is H, C₁-C₂-alkyl, or C₁-C₂-alkoxy-C₁-C₂-alkyl;     -   R² is CH₃, or halomethyl;     -   R³ is CN, C₁-C₆-alkyl, C₁-C₆-haloalkyl,         C₁-C₂-alkoxy-C₁-C₂-alkyl, C₂-C₆-alkenyl and C₂-C₆-alkynyl,         C₃-C₆-cycloalkyl, C₅-C₆-cycloalkenyl, C₁-C₆-alkoxy, wherein the         C-atoms are unsubstituted, or partially or fully substituted by         R^(a);     -   R^(a) is halogen, CN, C₁-C₂-alkyl, C₁-C₂-haloalkyl,         C₁-C₄-alkoxy, C₁-C₂-haloalkoxy;     -   R⁴ is C₁-C₄-alkyl, or a group mentioned for R³; or     -   R³ and R⁴ may together form C₅-C₆-cycloalkyl, which is         unsubstituted, or partially or fully substituted by R^(a);     -   R⁵ is H, or a group mentioned for R⁴;     -   and the stereoisomers, salts, tautomers and N-oxides thereof;

2) at least one insecticide II selected from the group M consisting of: M.1 Acetylcholine esterase (AChE) inhibitors from the class of: M.1A carbamates, for example aldicarb, alanycarb, bendiocarb, benfuracarb, butocarboxim, butoxycarboxim, carbaryl, carbofuran, carbosulfan, ethiofencarb, fenobucarb, formetanate, furathiocarb, isoprocarb, methiocarb, methomyl, metolcarb, oxamyl, pirimicarb, propoxur, thiodicarb, thiofanox, trimethacarb, XMC, xylylcarb and triazamate; or from the class of M.1B organophosphates, for example acephate, azamethiphos, azinphos-ethyl, azinphosmethyl, cadusafos, chlorethoxyfos, chlorfenvinphos, chlormephos, chlorpyrifos, chlorpyrifos-methyl, coumaphos, cyanophos, demeton-S-methyl, diazinon, dichlorvos/DDVP, dicrotophos, dimethoate, dimethylvinphos, disulfoton, EPN, ethion, ethoprophos, famphur, fenamiphos, fenitrothion, fenthion, fosthiazate, heptenophos, imicyafos, isofenphos, isopropyl O-(methoxyaminothio-phosphoryl) salicylate, isoxathion, malathion, mecarbam, methamidophos, methidathion, mevinphos, monocrotophos, naled, omethoate, oxydemeton-methyl, parathion, parathion-methyl, phenthoate, phorate, phosalone, phosmet, phosphamidon, phoxim, pirimiphos-methyl, profenofos, propetamphos, prothiofos, pyraclofos, pyridaphenthion, quinalphos, sulfotep, tebupirimfos, temephos, terbufos, tetrachlorvinphos, thiometon, triazophos, trichlorfon and vamidothion;

M.2. GABA-gated chloride channel antagonists such as: M.2A cyclodiene organochlorine compounds, as for example endosulfan or chlordane; or M.2B fiproles (phenylpyrazoles), as for example ethiprole, fipronil, flufiprole, pyrafluprole and pyriprole; M.3 Sodium channel modulators from the class of M.3A pyrethroids, for example acrinathrin, allethrin, d-cis-trans allethrin, d-trans allethrin, bifenthrin, bioallethrin, bioallethrin S-cylclo-pentenyl, bioresmethrin, cycloprothrin, cyfluthrin, beta-cyfluthrin, cyhalothrin, lambda-cyhalothrin, gamma-cyhalothrin, cypermethrin, alpha-cypermethrin, beta-cypermethrin, theta-cypermethrin, zeta-cypermethrin, cyphenothrin, deltamethrin, empenthrin, esfenvalerate, etofenprox, fenpropathrin, fenvalerate, flucythrinate, flumethrin, tau-fluvalinate, halfenprox, heptafluthrin, imiprothrin, meperfluthrin,metofluthrin, momfluorothrin, permethrin, phenothrin, prallethrin, profluthrin, pyrethrin (pyrethrum), resmethrin, silafluofen, tefluthrin, tetramethylfluthrin, tetramethrin, tralomethrin and transfluthrin; or M.3B sodium channel modulators such as DDT or methoxychlor; M.4 Nicotinic acetylcholine receptor agonists (nAChR) from the class of M.4A neonicotinoids, for example acetamiprid, clothianidin, cycloxaprid, dinotefuran, imidacloprid, nitenpyram, thiacloprid and thiamethoxam; or the compounds M.4A.2: (2E-)-1-[(6-Chloropyridin-3-yl)methyl]-N′-nitro-2-pentylidenehydrazinecarboximidamide; or M4.A.3: 1-[(6-Chloropyridin-3-yl)methyl]-7-methyl-8-nitro-5-propoxy-1,2,3,5,6,7-hexahydroimidazo[1,2-a]pyridine; or from the class M.4B nicotine; M.5 Nicotinic acetylcholine receptor allosteric activators from the class of spinosyns, for example spinosad or spinetoram; M.6 Chloride channel activators from the class of avermectins and milbemycins, for example abamectin, emamectin benzoate, ivermectin, lepimectin or milbemectin; M.7 Juvenile hormone mimics, such as M.7A juvenile hormone analogues as hydroprene, kinoprene and methoprene; or others as M.7B fenoxycarb or M.7C pyriproxyfen; M.8 miscellaneous non-specific (multi-site) inhibitors, for example M.8A alkyl halides as methyl bromide and other alkyl halides, or M.8B chloropicrin, or M.8C sulfuryl fluoride, or M.8D borax, or M.8E tartar emetic; M.9 Selective homopteran feeding blockers, for example M.9B pymetrozine, or M.9C flonicamid; M.10 Mite growth inhibitors, for example M.10A clofentezine, hexythiazox and diflovidazin, or M.10B etoxazole; M.11 Microbial disruptors of insect midgut membranes, for example Bacillus thuringiensis or Bacillus sphaericus and the insecticdal proteins they produce such as Bacillus thuringiensis subsp. Israelensis, Bacillus sphaericus, Bacillus thuringiensis subsp. azawai Bacillus thuringiensis subsp. kurstak/and Bacillus thuringiensis subsp. tenebrioni, or the Bt crop proteins: Cry1Ab, Cry1Ac, Cry1Fa, Cry2Ab, mCry3A, Cry3Ab, Cry3Bb and Cry34/35Ab1; M.12 Inhibitors of mitochondrial ATP synthase, for example M.12A diafenthiuron, or M.12B organotin miticides such as azocyclotin, cyhexatin or fenbutatin oxide, or M.12C propargite, or M.12D tetradifon; M.13 Uncouplers of oxidative phosphorylation via disruption of the proton gradient, for example chlorfenapyr, DNOC or sulfluramid; M.14 Nicotinic acetylcholine receptor (nAChR) channel blockers, for example nereistoxin analogues as bensultap, cartap hydrochloride, thiocyclam, or thiosultap sodium; M.15 Inhibitors of the chitin biosynthesis type 0, such as benzoylureas as for example bistrifluron, chlorfluazuron, diflubenzuron, flucycloxuron, flufenoxuron, hexaflumuron, lufenuron, novaluron, noviflumuron, teflubenzuron or triflumuron; M.16 Inhibitors of the chitin biosynthesis type 1, as for example buprofezin; M.17 Moulting disruptors, Dipteran, as for example cyromazine; M.18 Ecdyson receptor agonists such as diacylhydrazines, for example methoxyfenozide, tebufenozide, halofenozide, fufenozide or chromafenozide; M.19 Octopamin receptor agonists, as for example amitraz; M.20 Mitochondrial complex III electron transport inhibitors, for example M.20A hydramethylnon, or M.20B acequinocyl, or M.20C fluacrypyrim; M.21 Mitochondrial complex I electron transport inhibitors, for example M.21A METI acaricides and insecticides such as fenazaquin, fenpyroximate, pyrimidifen, pyridaben, tebufenpyrad or tolfenpyrad, or M.21B rotenone; M.22 Voltage-dependent sodium channel blockers, for example M.22A indoxacarb, or M.22B metaflumizone, or M.22B.1: 2-[2-(4-Cyanophenyl)-1-[3-(trifluoromethyl)phenyl]ethylidene]-N-[4-(difluoromethoxy)phenyl]-hydrazinecarboxamide or M.22B.2: N-(3-Chloro-2-methylphenyl)-2-[(4-chlorophenyl)[4-[methyl(methylsulfonyl)amino]phenyl]methylene]-hydrazinecarboxamide; M.23 Inhibitors of the of acetyl CoA carboxylase, such as Tetronic and Tetramic acid derivatives, for example spirodiclofen, spiromesifen or spirotetramat; M.24 Mitochondrial complex IV electron transport inhibitors, for example M.24A phosphine such as aluminium phosphide, calcium phosphide, phosphine or zinc phosphide, or M.24B cyanide; M.25 Mitochondrial complexII electron transport inhibitors, such as beta-ketonitrile derivatives, for example cyenopyrafen or cyflumetofen; M.28 Ryanodine receptor-modulators from the class of diamides, as for example flubendiamide, chlorantraniliprole (Rynaxypyr®), cyantraniliprole (Cyazypyr®), tetraniliprole, or the phthalamide compounds M.28.1: (R)-3-Chlor-N1-{2-methyl-4-[1,2,2,2-tetrafluor-1-(trifluormethyl)ethyl]phenyl}-N2-(1-methyl-2-methylsulfonylethyl)phthalamid and M.28.2: (S)-3-Chlor-N1-{2-methyl-4-[1,2,2,2-tetrafluor-1-(trifluormethyl)ethyl]phenyl}-N2-(1-methyl-2-methylsulfonylethyl)phthalamid, or the compound M.28.3: 3-bromo-N-{2-bromo-4-chloro-6-[(1-cyclopropylethyl)carbamoyl]phenyl}-1-(3-chlorpyridin-2-yl)-1H-pyrazole-5-carboxamide (proposed ISO name: cyclaniliprole), or the compound M.28.4: methyl-2-[3,5-dibromo-2-({[3-bromo-1-(3-chloropyridin-2-yl)-1H-pyrazol-5-yl]carbonyl}amino)benzoyl]-1,2-dimethylhydrazinecarboxylate; or a compound selected from M.28.5i) N-[2-(5-Amino-1,3,4-thiadiazol-2-yl)-4-chloro-6-methylphenyl]-3-bromo-1-(3-chloro-2-pyridinyl)-1H-pyrazole-5-carboxamide; M.28.5j) 3-Chloro-1-(3-chloro-2-pyridinyl)-N-[2,4-dichloro-6-[[(1-cyano-1-methylethyl)amino]carbonyl]phenyl]-1H-pyrazole-5-carboxamide; M.28.5k) 3-Bromo-N-[2,4-dichloro-6-(methylcarbamoyl)phenyl]-1-(3,5-dichloro-2-pyridyl)-1H-pyrazole-5-carboxamide; M.28.51) N-[4-Chloro-2-[[(1,1-dimethylethyl)amino]carbonyl]-6-methylphenyl]-1-(3-chloro-2-pyridinyl)-3-(fluoromethoxy)-1H-pyrazole-5-carboxamide; or a compound selected from M.28.6: N-(2-cyanopropan-2-yl)-N-(2,4-dimethylphenyl)-3-iodobenzene-1,2-dicarboxamide; or M.28.7: 3-Chloro-N-(2-cyanopropan-2-yl)-N-(2,4-dimethylphenyl)-benzene-1,2-dicarboxamide; M.29. insecticidal active compounds of unknown or uncertain mode of action, as for example afidopyropen, afoxolaner, azadirachtin, amidoflumet, benzoximate, bifenazate, broflanilide, bromopropylate, chinomethionat, cryolite, cyhalodiamide, dicloromezotiaz, dicofol, flufenerim, flometoquin, fluensulfone, fluhexafon, fluopyram, flupyradifurone, fluralaner, metoxadiazone, piperonyl butoxide, pyflubumide, pyridalyl, pyrifluquinazon, sulfoxaflor, tioxazafen, triflumezopyrim, or M.29.3: 11-(4-chloro-2,6-dimethylphenyl)-12-hydroxy-1,4-dioxa-9-azadispiro[4.2.4.2]-tetradec-11-en-10-one, or M.29.4: 3-(4′-fluoro-2,4-dimethylbiphenyl-3-yl)-4-hydroxy-8-oxa-1-azaspiro[4.5]dec-3-en-2-one, or M.29.5: 1-[2-fluoro-4-methyl-5-[(2,2,2-trifluoroethyl)sulfinyl]phenyl]-3-(trifluoromethyl)-1H-1,2,4-triazole-5-amine, or actives on basis of Bacillus firmus (Votivo, 1-1582); or a compound selected from the group of M.29.6, wherein the compound is selected from M.29.6a) to M.29.6k): M.29.6a) (E/Z)—N-[1-[(6-chloro-3-pyridyl)methyl]-2-pyridylidene]-2,2,2-trifluoro-acetamide; M.29.6b) (E/Z)—N-[1-[(6-chloro-5-fluoro-3-pyridyl)methyl]-2-pyridylidene]-2,2,2-trifluoro-acetamide; M.29.6c) (E/Z)-2,2,2-trifluoro-N-[1-[(6-fluoro-3-pyridyl)methyl]-2-pyridylidene]acetamide; M.29.6d) (E/Z)—N-[1-[(6-bromo-3-pyridyl)methyl]-2-pyridylidene]-2,2,2-trifluoro-acetamide; M.29.6e) (E/Z)—N-[1-[1-(6-chloro-3-pyridyl)ethyl]-2-pyridylidene]-2,2,2-trifluoro-acetamide; M.29.6f) (E/Z)—N-[1-[(6-chloro-3-pyridyl)methyl]-2-pyridylidene]-2,2-difluoro-acetamide; M.29.6g) (E/Z)-2-chloro-N-[1-[(6-chloro-3-pyridyl)methyl]-2-pyridylidene]-2,2-difluoro-acetamide; M.29.6h) (E/Z)—N-[1-[(2-chloropyrimidin-5-yl)methyl]-2-pyridylidene]-2,2,2-trifluoro-acetamide; M.29.6i) (E/Z)—N-[1-[(6-chloro-3-pyridyl)methyl]-2-pyridylidene]-2,2,3,3,3-pentafluoro-propanamide); M.29.6j) N-[1-[(6-chloro-3-pyridyl)methyl]-2-pyridylidene]-2,2,2-trifluoro-thioacetamide; or M.29.6k) N-[1-[(6-chloro-3-pyridyl)methyl]-2-pyridylidene]-2,2,2-trifluoro-N′-isopropyl-acetamidine; or M.29.8: 8-chloro-N-[2-chloro-5-methoxyphenyl)sulfonyl]-6-trifluoromethyl)-imidazo[1,2-a]pyridine-2-carboxamide; or M.29.9.a):4-[5-(3,5-dichlorophenyl)-5-(trifluoromethyl)-4H-isoxazol-3-yl]-2-methyl-N-(1-oxothietan-3-yl)benzamide; or M.29.9.b): 4-[5-(3,5-Dichlorophenyl)-5-trifluoromethyl-4,5-dihydroisoxazol-3-yl]-N-[(methoxyimino)methyl]-2-methylbenzamide; or M.29.10: 5-[3-[2,6-dichloro-4-(3,3-dichloroallyloxy)phenoxy]propoxy]-1H-pyrazole; or a compound selected from the group of M.29.11, wherein the compound is selected from M.29.11b) to M.29.11p): M.29.11.b) 3-(benzoylmethylamino)-N-[2-bromo-4-[1,2,2,3,3,3-hexafluoro-1-(trifluoromethyl)propyl]-6-(trifluoromethyl)phenyl]-2-fluoro-benzamide; M.29.11.c) 3-(benzoylmethylamino)-2-fluoro-N-[2-iodo-4-[1,2,2,2-tetrafluoro-1-(trifluoromethyl)ethyl]-6-(trifluoromethyl)phenyl]-benzamide; M.29.11.d) N-[3-[[[2-iodo-4-[1,2,2,2-tetrafluoro-1-(trifluoromethyl)ethyl]-6-(trifluoromethyl)phenyl]amino]carbonyl]phenyl]-N-methyl-benzamide; M.29.11.e) N-[3-[[[2-bromo-4-[1,2,2,2-tetrafluoro-1-(trifluoromethyl)ethyl]-6-(trifluoromethyl)phenyl]amino]carbonyl]-2-fluorophenyl]-4-fluoro-N-methyl-benzamide; M.29.11.f) 4-fluoro-N-[2-fluoro-3-[[[2-iodo-4-[1,2,2,2-tetrafluoro-1-(trifluoromethyl)ethyl]-6-(trifluoromethyl)phenyl]amino]carbonyl]phenyl]-N-methyl-benzamide; M.29.11.g) 3-fluoro-N-[2-fluoro-3-[[[2-iodo-4-[1,2,2,2-tetrafluoro-1-(trifluoromethyl)ethyl]-6-(trifluoromethyl)phenyl]amino]carbonyl]phenyl]-N-methyl-benzamide; M.29.11.h) 2-chloro-N-[3-[[[2-iodo-4-[1,2,2,2-tetrafluoro-1-(trifluoromethyl)ethyl]-6-(trifluoromethyl)phenyl]amino]carbonyl]phenyl]-3-pyridinecarboxamide; M.29.11.i) 4-cyano-N-[2-cyano-5-[[2,6-dibromo-4-[1,2,2,3,3,3-hexafluoro-1-(trifluoromethyl)propyl]phenyl]carbamoyl]phenyl]-2-methyl-benzamide; M.29.11.j) 4-cyano-3-[(4-cyano-2-methyl-benzoyl)amino]-N-[2,6-dichloro-4-[1,2,2,3,3,3-hexafluoro-1-(trifluoromethyl)propyl]phenyl]-2-fluoro-benzamide; M.29.11.k) N-[5-[[2-chloro-6-cyano-4-[1,2,2,3,3,3-hexafluoro-1-(trifluoromethyl)propyl]phenyl]carbamoyl]-2-cyano-phenyl]-4-cyano-2-methyl-benzamide; M.29.11.I) N-[5-[[2-bromo-6-chloro-4-[2,2,2-trifluoro-1-hydroxy-1-(trifluoromethyl)ethyl]phenyl]carbamoyl]-2-cyano-phenyl]-4-cyano-2-methyl-benzamide; M.29.11.m) N-[5-[[2-bromo-6-chloro-4-[1,2,2,3,3,3-hexafluoro-1-(trifluoromethyl)propyl]phenyl]carbamoyl]-2-cyano-phenyl]-4-cyano-2-methyl-benzamide; M.29.11.n) 4-cyano-N-[2-cyano-5-[[2,6-dichloro-4-[1,2,2,3,3,3-hexafluoro-1-(trifluoromethyl)propyl]phenyl]carbamoyl]phenyl]-2-methyl-benzamide; M.29.11.o) 4-cyano-N-[2-cyano-5-[[2,6-dichloro-4-[1,2,2,2-tetrafluoro-1-(trifluoromethyl)ethyl]phenyl]carbamoyl]phenyl]-2-methylbenzamide; M.29.11.p) N-[5-[[2-bromo-6-chloro-4-[1,2,2,2-tetrafluoro-1-(trifluoromethyl)ethyl]phenyl]carbamoyl]-2-cyano-phenyl]-4-cyano-2-methyl-benzamide; or a compound selected from the group of M.29.12, wherein the compound is selected from M.29.12a) to M.29.12m): M.29.12.a) 2-(1,3-Dioxan-2-yl)-6-[2-(3-pyridinyl)-5-thiazolyl]-pyridine; M.29.12.b) 2-[6-[2-(5-Fluoro-3-pyridinyl)-5-thiazolyl]-2-pyridinyl]-pyrimidine; M.29.12.c) 2-[6-[2-(3-Pyridinyl)-5-thiazolyl]-2-pyridinyl]-pyrimidine; M.29.12.d) N-Methylsulfonyl-6-[2-(3-pyridyl)thiazol-5-yl]pyridine-2-carboxamide; M.29.12.e) N-Methylsulfonyl-6-[2-(3-pyridyl)thiazol-5-yl]pyridine-2-carboxamide; M.29.12.f) N-Ethyl-N-[4-methyl-2-(3-pyridyl)thiazol-5-yl]-3-methylthio-propanamide; M.29.12.g) N-Methyl-N-[4-methyl-2-(3-pyridyl)thiazol-5-yl]-3-methylthio-propanamide; M.29.12.h) N,2-Dimethyl-N-[4-methyl-2-(3-pyridyl)thiazol-5-yl]-3-methylthio-propanamide; M.29.12.i) N-Ethyl-2-methyl-N-[4-methyl-2-(3-pyridyl)thiazol-5-yl]-3-methylthio-propanamide; M.29.12.j) N-[4-Chloro-2-(3-pyridyl)thiazol-5-yl]-N-ethyl-2-methyl-3-methylthio-propanamide; M.29.12.k) N-[4-Chloro-2-(3-pyridyl)thiazol-5-yl]-N,2-dimethyl-3-methylthio-propanamide; M.29.12.1) N-[4-Chloro-2-(3-pyridyl)thiazol-5-yl]-N-methyl-3-methylthio-propanamide; M.29.12.m) N-[4-Chloro-2-(3-pyridyl)thiazol-5-yl]-N-ethyl-3-methylthio-propanamide; or M.29.14a) 1-[(6-Chloro-3-pyridinyl)methyl]-1,2,3,5,6,7-hexahydro-5-methoxy-7-methyl-8-nitroimidazo[1,2-a]pyridine; or M.29.14b) 1-[(6-Chloropyridin-3-yl)methyl]-7-methyl-8-nitro-1,2,3,5,6,7-hexahydroimidazo[1,2-a]pyridin-5-ol; and

3) at least one fungicide III selected from the group consisting of:

A) Respiration Inhibitors

-   -   Inhibitors of complex III at Q_(o) site (e. g. strobilurins):         azoxystrobin (A.1.1), coumethoxy-strobin (A.1.2), coumoxystrobin         (A.1.3), dimoxystrobin (A.1.4), enestroburin (A.1.5),         fenaminstrobin (A.1.6), fenoxystrobin/flufenoxystrobin (A.1.7),         fluoxastrobin (A.1.8), kresoxim-methyl (A.1.9), mandestrobin         (A.1.10), metominostrobin (A.1.11), orysastrobin (A.1.12),         picoxystrobin (A.1.13), pyraclostrobin (A.1.14), pyrametostrobin         (A.1.15), pyraoxystrobin (A.1.16), trifloxystrobin (A.1.17),         2-(2-(3-(2,6-dichlorophenyl)-1-methyl-allylideneaminooxymethyl)-phenyl)-2-methoxyimino-N-methyl-acetamide         (A.1.18), pyribencarb (A.1.19), triclopyricarb/chlorodincarb         (A.1.20), famoxadone (A.1.21), fenamidone (A.1.21),         methyl-N-[2-[(1,4-dimethyl-5-phenylpyrazol-3-yl)oxylmethyl]phenyl]-N-methoxy-carbamate         (A.1.22),         1-[3-chloro-2-[[1-(4-chlorophenyl)-1H-pyrazol-3-yl]oxymethyl]phenyl]-4-methyl-tetrazol-5-one         (A.1.23),         1-[3-bromo-2-[[1-(4-chlorophenyl)pyrazol-3-yl]oxymethyl]phenyl]-4-methyl-tetrazol-5-one         (A.1.24),         1-[2-[[1-(4-chlorophenyl)pyrazol-3-yl]oxymethyl]-3-methyl-phenyl]-4-methyl-tetrazol-5-one         (A.1.25),         1-[2-[[1-(4-chlorophenyl)pyrazol-3-yl]oxymethyl]-3-fluoro-phenyl]-4-methyl-tetrazol-5-one         (A.1.26),         1-[2-[[1-(2,4-dichlorophenyl)pyrazol-3-yl]oxymethyl]-3-fluoro-phenyl]-4-methyl-tetrazol-5-one         (A.1.27),         1-[2-[[4-(4-chlorophenyl)thiazol-2-yl]oxymethyl]-3-methyl-phenyl]-4-methyl-tetrazol-5-one         (A.1.28),         1-[3-chloro-2-[[4-(p-tolyl)thiazol-2-yl]oxymethyl]phenyl]-4-methyl-tetrazol-5-one         (A.1.29),         1-[3-cyclopropyl-2-[[2-methyl-4-(1-methylpyrazol-3-yl)phenoxy]methyl]phenyl]-4-methyl-tetrazol-5-one         (A.1.30),         1-[3-(difluoromethoxy)-2-[[2-methyl-4-(1-methylpyrazol-3-yl)phenoxy]methyl]phenyl]-4-methyl-tetrazol-5-one         (A.1.31),         1-methyl-4-[3-methyl-2-[[2-methyl-4-(1-methylpyrazol-3-yl)phenoxy]methyl]phenyl]tetrazol-5-one         (A.1.32),         1-methyl-4-[3-methyl-2-[[1-[3-(trifluoromethyl)phenyl]-ethylideneamino]oxymethyl]phenyl]tetrazol-5-one         (A.1.33),         (42)-5-[1-(2,4-dichlorophenyl)pyrazol-3-yl]-oxy-2-methoxyimino-N,3-dimethyl-pent-3-enamide         (A.1.34),         (Z,2E)-5-[1-(4-chlorophenyl)pyrazol-3-yl]oxy-2-methoxyimino-N,3-dimethyl-pent-3-enamide         (A.1.35),         (42E)-5-[1-(4-chloro-2-fluoro-phenyl)pyrazol-3-yl]oxy-2-methoxyimino-N,3-dimethyl-pent-3-enamide         (A.1.36),     -   inhibitors of complex III at Q, site: cyazofamid (A.2.1),         amisulbrom (A.2.2),         [(3S,6S,7R,8R)-8-benzyl-3-[(3-acetoxy-4-methoxy-pyridine-2-carbonyl)amino]-6-methyl-4,9-dioxo-1,5-dioxonan-7-yl]         2-methylpropanoate (A.2.3),         [(3S,6S,7R,8R)-8-benzyl-3-[[3-(acetoxymethoxy)-4-methoxy-pyridine-2-carbonyl]amino]-6-methyl-4,9-dioxo-1,5-dioxonan-7-yl]2-methylpropanoate         (A.2.4),         [(3S,6S,7R,8R)-8-benzyl-3-[(3-isobutoxycarbonyloxy-4-methoxypyridine-2-carbonyl)amino]-6-methyl-4,9-dioxo-1,5-dioxonan-7-yl]         2-methylpropanoate (A.2.5),         [(3S,6S,7R,8R)-8-benzyl-3-[[3-(1,3-benzodioxol-5-ylmethoxy)-4-methoxy-pyridine-2-carbonyl]amino]-6-methyl-4,9-dioxo-1,5-dioxonan-7-yl]         2-methylpropanoate (A.2.6);         (3S,6S,7R,8R)-3-[[(3-hydroxy-4-methoxy-2-pyridinyl)carbonyl]amino]-6-methyl-4,9-dioxo-8-(phenylmethyl)-1,5-dioxonan-7-yl         2-methylpropanoate (A.2.7),         (3S,6S,7R,8R)-8-benzyl-3-[3-[(isobutyryloxy)methoxy]-4-methoxypicolinamido]-6-methyl-4,9-dioxo-1,5-dioxonan-7-yl         isobutyrate (A.2.8);     -   inhibitors of complex II (e. g. carboxamides): benodanil         (A.3.1), benzovindiflupyr (A.3.2), bixafen (A.3.3), boscalid         (A.3.4), carboxin (A.3.5), fenfuram (A.3.6), fluopyram (A.3.7),         flutolanil (A.3.8), fluxapyroxad (A.3.9), furametpyr (A.3.10),         isofetamid (A.3.11), isopyrazam (A.3.12), mepronil (A.3.13),         oxycarboxin (A.3.14), penflufen (A.3.14), penthiopyrad (A.3.15),         sedaxane (A.3.16), tecloftalam (A.3.17), thifluzamide (A.3.18),         N-(4′-trifluoromethylthiobiphenyl-2-yl)-3-difluoromethyl-1-methyl-1H-pyrazole-4-carboxamide         (A.3.19),         N-(2-(1,3,3-trimethyl-butyl)phenyl)-1,3-dimethyl-5-fluoro-1H-pyrazole-4-carboxamide         (A.3.20),         3-(difluoromethyl)-1-methyl-N-(1,1,3-trimethylindan-4-yl)pyrazole-4-carboxamide         (A.3.21),         3-(trifluoromethyl)-1-methyl-N-(1,1,3-trimethylindan-4-yl)pyrazole-4-carboxamide         (A.3.22),         1,3-dimethyl-N-(1,1,3-trimethylindan-4-yl)pyrazole-4-carboxamide         (A.3.23),         3-(trifluoromethyl)-1,5-dimethyl-N-(1,1,3-trimethylindan-4-yl)pyrazole-4-carboxamide         (A.3.24),         1,3,5-trimethyl-N-(1,1,3-trimethylindan-4-yl)pyrazole-4-carboxamide         (A.3.25),         N-(7-fluoro-1,1,3-trimethyl-indan-4-yl)-1,3-dimethylpyrazole-4-carboxamide         (A.3.26),         N-[2-(2,4-dichlorophenyl)-2-methoxy-1-methyl-ethyl]-3-(difluoromethyl)-1-methyl-pyrazole-4-carboxamide         (A.3.27);     -   other respiration inhibitors (e. g. complex I, uncouplers):         diflumetorim (A.4.1),         (5,8-difluoro-quinazolin-4-yl)-{2-[2-fluoro-4-(4-trifluoromethylpyridin-2-yloxy)-phenyl]-ethyl}-amine         (A.4.2); nitrophenyl derivates: binapacryl (A.4.3), dinobuton         (A.4.4), dinocap (A.4.5), fluazinam (A.4.6); ferimzone (A.4.7);         organometal compounds: fentin salts, such as fentin-acetate         (A.4.8), fentin chloride (A.4.9) or fentin hydroxide (A.4.10);         ametoctradin (A.4.11); and silthiofam (A.4.12);

B) Sterol Biosynthesis Inhibitors (SBI Fungicides)

-   -   C14 demethylase inhibitors (DMI fungicides): triazoles:         azaconazole (B.1.1), bitertanol (B.1.2), bromuconazole (B.1.3),         cyproconazole (B.1.4), difenoconazole (B.1.5), diniconazole         (B.1.6), diniconazole-M (B.1.7), epoxiconazole (B.1.8),         fenbuconazole (B.1.9), fluquinconazole (B.1.10), flusilazole         (B.1.11), flutriafol (B.1.12), hexaconazole (B.1.13),         imibenconazole (B.1.14), ipconazole (B.1.15), metconazole         (B.1.17), myclobutanil (B.1.18), oxpoconazole (B.1.19),         paclobutrazole (B.1.20), penconazole (B.1.21), propiconazole         (B.1.22), prothioconazole (B.1.23), simeconazole (B.1.24),         tebuconazole (B.1.25), tetraconazole (B.1.26), triadimefon         (B.1.27), triadimenol (B.1.28), triticonazole (B.1.29),         uniconazole (B.1.30),         1-[re/-(2S3R)-3-(2-chlorophenyl)-2-(2,4-difluorophenyl)-oxiranylmethyl]-5-thiocyanato-1H-[1,2,4]triazolo         (B.1.31),         2-[re/-(2S3R)-3-(2-chlorophenyl)-2-(2,4-difluorophenyl)-oxiranylmethyl]-2H-[1,2,4]triazole-3-thiol         (B.1.32); imidazoles: imazalil (B.1.42), pefurazoate (B.1.43),         prochloraz (B.1.44), triflumizol (B.1.45); pyrimidines,         pyridines and piperazines: fenarimol (B.1.46), nuarimol         (B.1.47), pyrifenox (B.1.48), triforine (B.1.49),         [3-(4-chloro-2-fluoro-phenyl)-5-(2,4-difluorophenyl)isoxazol-4-yl]-(3-pyridyl)methanol         (B.1.50);     -   Delta14-reductase inhibitors: aldimorph (B.2.1), dodemorph         (B.2.2), dodemorph-acetate (B.2.3), fenpropimorph (B.2.4),         tridemorph (B.2.5), fenpropidin (B.2.6), piperalin (B.2.7),         spiroxamine (B.2.8);     -   Inhibitors of 3-keto reductase: fenhexamid (B.3.1);

C) Nucleic Acid Synthesis Inhibitors

-   -   phenylamides or acyl amino acid fungicides: benalaxyl(C1.1),         benalaxyl-M (C.1.2), kiralaxyl (C.1.3), metalaxyl (C.1.4),         metalaxyl-M (mefenoxam, C.1.5), ofurace (C.1.6), oxadixyl         (C.1.7);     -   others: hymexazole (C.2.1), octhilinone (C.2.2), oxolinic acid         (C.2.3), bupirimate (C.2.4), 5-fluorocytosine (C.2.5),         5-fluoro-2-(p-tolylmethoxy)pyrimidin-4-amine (C.2.6),         5-fluoro-2-(4-fluorophenylmethoxy)pyrimidin-4-amine (C.2.7);

D) Inhibitors of Cell Division and Cytoskeleton

-   -   tubulin inhibitors, such as benzimidazoles, thiophanates:         benomyl (D1.1), carbendazim (D1.2), fuberidazole (D1.3),         thiabendazole (D1.4), thiophanate-methyl (D1.5);         triazolopyrimidines:         5-chloro-7-(4-methylpiperidin-1-yl)-6-(2,4,6-trifluorophenyl)-[1,2,4]triazolo[1,5-a]pyrimidine         (D1.6);     -   other cell division inhibitors: diethofencarb (D2.1), ethaboxam         (D2.2), pencycuron (D2.3), fluopicolide (D2.4), zoxamide (D2.5),         metrafenone (D2.6), pyriofenone (D2.7);

E) Inhibitors of Amino Acid and Protein Synthesis

-   -   methionine synthesis inhibitors (anilino-pyrimidines):         cyprodinil (E.1.1), mepanipyrim (E.1.2), pyrimethanil (E.1.3);     -   protein synthesis inhibitors: blasticidin-S (E.2.1), kasugamycin         (E.2.2), kasugamycin hydrochloride-hydrate (E.2.3), mildiomycin         (E.2.4), streptomycin (E.2.5), oxytetracyclin (E.2.6), polyoxine         (E.2.7), validamycin A (E.2.8);

F) Signal Transduction Inhibitors

-   -   MAP/histidine kinase inhibitors: fluoroimid (F.1.1), iprodione         (F.1.2), procymidone (F.1.3), vinclozolin (F.1.4), fenpiclonil         (F.1.5), fludioxonil (F.1.6);     -   G protein inhibitors: quinoxyfen (F.2.1);

G) Lipid and Membrane Synthesis Inhibitors

-   -   Phospholipid biosynthesis inhibitors: edifenphos (G.1.1),         iprobenfos (G.1.2), pyrazophos (G.1.3), isoprothiolane (G.1.4);     -   lipid peroxidation: dicloran (G.2.1), quintozene (G.2.2),         tecnazene (G.2.3), tolclofos-methyl (G.2.4), biphenyl (G.2.5),         chloroneb (G.2.6), etridiazole (G.2.7);     -   phospholipid biosynthesis and cell wall deposition: dimethomorph         (G.3.1), flumorph (G.3.2), mandipropamid (G.3.3), pyrimorph         (G.3.4), benthiavalicarb (G.3.5), iprovalicarb (G.3.6),         valifenalate (G.3.7) and         N-(1-(1-(4-cyano-phenyl)ethanesulfonyl)-but-2-yl) carbamic         acid-(4-fluorophenyl) ester (G.3.8);     -   compounds affecting cell membrane permeability and fatty acides:         propamocarb (G.4.1);     -   fatty acid amide hydrolase inhibitors: oxathiapiprolin (G.5.1),         2-{3-[2-(1-{[3,5-bis(difluoromethyl-1H-pyrazol-1-yl]acetyl}piperidin-4-yl)-1,3-thiazol-4-yl]-4,5-dihydro-1,2-oxazol-5-yl}phenyl         methanesulfonate (G.5.2),         2-{3-[2-(1-{[3,5-bis(difluoromethyl)-1H-pyrazol-1-yl]acetyl}piperidin-4-yl)         1,3-thiazol-4-yl]-4,5-dihydro-1,2-oxazol-5-yl}-3-chlorophenyl         methanesulfonate (G.5.3);

H) Inhibitors with Multi Site Action

-   -   inorganic active substances: Bordeaux mixture (H.1.1), copper         acetate (H.1.2), copper hydroxide (H.1.3), copper oxychloride         (H.1.4), basic copper sulfate (H.1.5), sulfur (H.1.6);     -   thio- and dithiocarbamates: ferbam (H.2.1), mancozeb (H.2.2),         maneb (H.2.3), metam (H.2.4), metiram (H.2.5), propineb (H.2.6),         thiram (H.2.7), zineb (H.2.8), ziram (H.2.9);     -   organochlorine compounds (e. g. phthalimides, sulfamides,         chloronitriles): anilazine (H.3.1), chlorothalonil (H.3.2),         captafol (H.3.3), captan (H.3.4), folpet (H.3.5), dichlofluanid         (H.3.6), dichlorophen (H.3.7), hexachlorobenzene (H.3.8),         pentachlorphenole (H.3.9) and its salts, phthalide (H.3.10),         tolylfluanid (H.3.11),         N-(4-chloro-2-nitro-phenyl)-N-ethyl-4-methylbenzenesulfonamide         (H.3.12);     -   guanidines and others: guanidine (H.4.1), dodine (H.4.2), dodine         free base (H.4.3), guazatine (H.4.4), guazatine-acetate (H.4.5),         iminoctadine (H.4.6), iminoctadine-triacetate (H.4.7),         iminoctadine-tris(albesilate) (H.4.8), dithianon (H.4.9),         2,6-dimethyl-1H,5H-[1,4]dithiino[2,3-c:5,6-c′]dipyrrole-1,3,5,7(2H,6H)-tetraone         (H.4.10);

I) Cell Wall Synthesis Inhibitors

-   -   inhibitors of glucan synthesis: validamycin (1.1.1), polyoxin B         (1.1.2);     -   melanin synthesis inhibitors: pyroquilon (1.2.1), tricyclazole         (1.2.2), carpropamid (1.2.3), dicyclomet (1.2.4), fenoxanil         (1.2.5);

J) Plant Defence Inducers

-   -   acibenzolar-S-methyl (J.1.1), probenazole (J.1.2), isotianil         (J.1.3), tiadinil (J.1.4), prohexadione-calcium (J.1.5);         phosphonates: fosetyl (J.1.6), fosetyl-aluminum (J.1.7),         phosphorous acid and its salts (J.1.8), potassium or sodium         bicarbonate (J.1.9);

K) Unknown Mode of Action

-   -   bronopol (K.1.1), chinomethionat (K.1.2), cyflufenamid (K.1.3),         cymoxanil (K.1.4), dazomet (K.1.5), debacarb (K.1.6),         diclomezine (K.1.7), difenzoquat (K.1.8),         difenzoquat-methylsulfate (K.1.9), diphenylamin (K.1.10),         fenpyrazamine (K.1.11), flumetover (K.1.12), flusulfamide         (K.1.13), flutianil (K.1.14), methasulfocarb (K.1.15),         nitrapyrin (K.1.16), nitrothal-isopropyl (K.1.18),         oxathiapiprolin (K.1.19), tolprocarb (K.1.20), oxin-copper         (K.1.21), proquinazid (K.1.22), tebufloquin (K.1.23),         tecloftalam (K.1.24), triazoxide (K.1.25),         2-butoxy-6-iodo-3-propylchromen-4-one (K.1.26),         2-[3,5-bis(difluoromethyl)-1H-pyrazol-1-yl]-1-[4-(4-{5-[2-(prop-2-yn-1-yloxy)phenyl]-4,5-dihydro-1,2-oxazol-3-yl}-1,3-thiazol-2-yl)piperidin-1-yl]ethanone         (K.1.27),         2-[3,5-bis(difluoromethyl)-1H-pyrazol-1-yl]-1-[4-(4-{5-[2-fluoro-6-(prop-2-yn-1-yloxy)phenyl]-4,5-dihydro-1,2-oxazol-3-yl}-1,3-thiazol-2-yl)piperidin-1-yl]ethanone         (K.1.28),         2-[3,5-bis(difluoromethyl)-1H-pyrazol-1-yl]-1-[4-(4-{5-[2-chloro-6-(prop-2-yn-1-yloxy)phenyl]-4,5-dihydro-1,2-oxazol-3-yl}-1,3-thiazol-2-yl)piperidin-1-yl]ethanone         (K.1.29),         N-(cyclopropylmethoxyimino(6-difluoro-methoxy-2,3-difluoro-phenyl)-methyl)-2-phenyl         acetamide (K.1.30),         N′-(4-(4-chloro-3-trifluoromethyl-phenoxy)-2,5-dimethyl-phenyl)-N-ethyl-N-methyl         formamidine (K.1.31),         N′-(4-(4-fluoro-3-trifluoromethyl-phenoxy)-2,5-dimethyl-phenyl)-N-ethyl-N-methyl         formamidine (K.1.32),         N′-(2-methyl-5-trifluoromethyl-4-(3-trimethylsilanyl-propoxy)-phenyl)-N-ethyl-N-methyl         formamidine (K.1.33),         N′-(5-difluoromethyl-2-methyl-4-(3-trimethylsilanyl-propoxy)phenyl)-N-ethyl-N-methyl         formamidine (K.1.34), methoxy-acetic acid         6-tert-butyl-8-fluoro-2,3-dimethyl-quinolin-4-yl ester (K.1.35),         3-[5-(4-methylphenyl)-2,3-dimethyl-isoxazolidin-3-yl]-pyridine         (K.1.36),         3-[5-(4-chloro-phenyl)-2,3-dimethyl-isoxazolidin-3-yl]-pyridine         (pyrisoxazole) (K.1.37), N-(6-methoxy-pyridin-3-yl)         cyclopropanecarboxylic acid amide (K.1.38),         5-chloro-1-(4,6-dimethoxy-pyrimidin-2-yl)-2-methyl-1H-benzoimidazole         (K.1.39),         2-(4-chloro-phenyl)-N-[4-(3,4-dimethoxy-phenyl)-isoxazol-5-yl]-2-prop-2-ynyloxy-acetamide,         ethyl (Z)-3-amino-2-cyano-3-phenyl-prop-2-enoate (K.1.40),         picarbutrazox (K.1.41), pentyl         N-[6-[[(Z)-[(1-methyltetrazol-5-yl)-phenyl-methylene]amino]oxymethyl]-2-pyridyl]carbamate         (K.1.42),         2-[2-[(7,8-difluoro-2-methyl-3-quinolyl)oxy]-6-fluoro-phenyl]propan-2-ol         (K.1.43),         2-[2-fluoro-6-[(8-fluoro-2-methyl-3-quinolyl)oxy]phen-yl]propan-2-ol         (K.1.44),         3-(5-fluoro-3,3,4,4-tetramethyl-3,4-dihydroisoquinolin-1-yl)quinoline         (K.1.45),         3-(4,4-difluoro-3,3-dimethyl-3,4-dihydroisoquinolin-1-yl)quinoline         (K.1.46),         3-(4,4,5-trifluoro-3,3-dimethyl-3,4-dihydroisoquinolin-1-yl)quinoline         (K.1.47),         9-fluoro-2,2-dimethyl-5-(3-quinolyl)-3H-1,4-benzoxazepine         (K.1.48),

wherein component 1) and component 2) are present in a weight ratio from 1000:1 to 1:1000, component 1) and component 3) are present in a weight ratio from 1000:1 to 1:1000, and component 2) and 3) are present in a weight ratio from 1000:1 to 1:1000.

It has been found that simultaneous (that is joint or separate) application of the three components 1), 2), and 3) of the pesticidal mixture PM or successive application (that is immediately one after another and thereby creating the mixture “in situ” on the desired location, as e.g. the plant) of the three components 1), 2), and 3) of the pesticidal mixture PM of the invention allows enhanced control of pests and fungi compared to the control rates that are possible with the individual compounds. Therefore, the term “pesticidal mixture PM” as used herein is intended to include also combinations.

In another aspect, the present invention relates to a seed treatment composition comprising the pesticidal mixture PM and at least one auxiliary. Furthermore, the present invention relates to seeds comprising the pesticidal mixture PM or the above defined seed treatment composition thereof in an amount of from 0.01 g to 10000 g per 100 kg of seeds.

In yet another aspect, the present invention relates to a method for controlling invertebrate pests and/or phytopathogenic harmful fungi on a plant selected from wheat, maize, barley, oat, rye, rice, soybean, cotton, sugarbeet, rapeseed, and potato comprising contacting the plant or the plant propagation material thereof; the pest or its food supply, habitat or breeding ground; and/or the fungi or their habitat, with an effective amount of the pesticidal mixture PM of the invention or the seed treatment composition thereof.

In a further aspect, the present invention relates to the following pesticidal mixtures:

Pesticidal mixture A, which comprises as active components A1) at least one active compound of formula I as defined above; and A2) tioxazafen; wherein component A1) and component A2) are present in a total weight ratio of from 1000:1 to 1:1000. Pesticidal mixture B, which comprises as active components B1) at least one active compound of formula I as defined above; and B2) tetraniliprole; wherein component B1) and component B2) are present in a total weight ratio of from 1000:1 to 1:1000.

Pesticidal mixture C, which comprises as active components

C1) at least one active compound of formula I as defined above; and C2) broflanilide; wherein component C1) and component C2) are present in a total weight ratio of from 1000:1 to 1:1000. Pesticidal mixture D, which comprises as active components D1) at least one active compound of formula I as defined above; and D2) cyhalodiamide; M29 wherein component D1) and component D2) are present in a total weight ratio of from 1000:1 to 1:1000. Pesticidal mixture E, which comprises as active components E1) at least one active compound of formula I as defined above; and E2) 8-chloro-N-[2-chloro-5-methoxyphenyl)sulfonyl]-6-trifluoromethyl)-imidazo[1,2-a]pyridine-2-carboxamide (common name: fluazaindolizine); M29.8 wherein component E1) and component E2) are present in a total weight ratio of from 1000:1 to 1:1000. Pesticidal mixture F, which comprises as active components F1) at least one active compound of formula I as defined above; and F2) 4-[5-(3,5-Dichlorophenyl)-5-trifluoromethyl-4,5-dihydroisoxazol-3-yl]-N-[(methoxyimino)methyl]-2-methylbenzamide (common name: fluxametamide); M29.9b wherein component F1) and component F2) are present in a total weight ratio of from 1000:1 to 1:1000.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION

It has been found that simultaneous (that is joint or separate), application of components A1) and A2) of the pesticidal mixture A or successive application (that is immediately one after another and thereby creating the mixture “in situ” on the desired location, as e.g. the plant) of components A1) and A2) of the pesticidal mixture A of the invention allows enhanced control of pests compared to the control rates that are possible with the individual compounds. Therefore, the term “pesticidal mixture A” as used herein is intended to include also combinations. In a preferred embodiment, the pesticidal mixture A is a binary mixture.

It has also been found that simultaneous (that is joint or separate) application of components B1) and B2) of the pesticidal mixture B or successive application (that is immediately one after another and thereby creating the mixture “in situ” on the desired location, as e.g. the plant) of components B1) and B2) of the pesticidal mixture B of the invention allows enhanced control of pests compared to the control rates that are possible with the individual compounds. Therefore, the term “pesticidal mixture B” as used herein is intended to include also combinations. In a preferred embodiment, the pesticidal mixture B is a binary mixture.

It has also been found that simultaneous (that is joint or separate) application of components C1) and C2) of the pesticidal mixture C or successive application (that is immediately one after another and thereby creating the mixture “in situ” on the desired location, as e.g. the plant) of components C1) and C2) of the pesticidal mixture C of the invention allows enhanced control of pests compared to the control rates that are possible with the individual compounds. Therefore, the term “pesticidal mixture C” as used herein is intended to include also combinations. In a preferred embodiment, the pesticidal mixture C is a binary mixture.

It has also been found that simultaneous (that is joint or separate) application of components D1) and D2) of the pesticidal mixture D or successive application (that is immediately one after another and thereby creating the mixture “in situ” on the desired location, as e.g. the plant) of components D1) and D2) of the pesticidal mixture D of the invention allows enhanced control of pests compared to the control rates that are possible with the individual compounds. Therefore, the term “pesticidal mixture D” as used herein is intended to include also combinations. In a preferred embodiment, the pesticidal mixture D is a binary mixture.

It has also been found that simultaneous (that is joint or separate) application of components E1) and E2) of the pesticidal mixture E or successive application (that is immediately one after another and thereby creating the mixture “in situ” on the desired location, as e.g. the plant) of components E1) and E2) of the pesticidal mixture E of the invention allows enhanced control of pests compared to the control rates that are possible with the individual compounds. Therefore, the term “pesticidal mixture E” as used herein is intended to include also combinations. In a preferred embodiment, the pesticidal mixture E is a binary mixture.

It has also been found that simultaneous (that is joint or separate) application of components F1) and F2) of the pesticidal mixture F or successive application (that is immediately one after another and thereby creating the mixture “in situ” on the desired location, as e.g. the plant) of components F1) and F2) of the pesticidal mixture F of the invention allows enhanced control of pests compared to the control rates that are possible with the individual compounds. Therefore, the term “pesticidal mixture F” as used herein is intended to include also combinations. In a preferred embodiment, the pesticidal mixture F is a binary mixture.

The present invention also relates to the following seed treatment compositions:

-   -   a) A seed treatment composition comprising the pesticidal         mixture A and at least one auxiliary.     -   b) A seed treatment composition comprising the pesticidal         mixture B and at least one auxiliary.     -   c) A seed treatment composition comprising the pesticidal         mixture C and at least one auxiliary.     -   d) A seed treatment composition comprising the pesticidal         mixture D and at least one auxiliary.     -   e) A seed treatment composition comprising the pesticidal         mixture E and at least one auxiliary.     -   f) A seed treatment composition comprising the pesticidal         mixture F and at least one auxiliary.

Furthermore, the present invention relates to the following seeds:

-   -   a) Seeds comprising the pesticidal mixture A or the above         defined seed treatment composition thereof in an amount of from         0.01 g to 10000 g per 100 kg of seeds.     -   b) Seeds comprising the pesticidal mixture B or the above         defined seed treatment composition thereof in an amount of from         0.01 g to 10000 g per 100 kg of seeds, or     -   c) Seeds comprising the pesticidal mixture C or the above         defined seed treatment composition thereof in an amount of from         0.01 g to 10000 g per 100 kg of seeds.     -   d) Seeds comprising the pesticidal mixture D or the above         defined seed treatment composition thereof in an amount of from         0.01 g to 10000 g per 100 kg of seeds.     -   e) Seeds comprising the pesticidal mixture E or the above         defined seed treatment composition thereof in an amount of from         0.01 g to 10000 g per 100 kg of seeds.     -   f) Seeds comprising the pesticidal mixture F or the above         defined seed treatment composition thereof in an amount of from         0.01 g to 10000 g per 100 kg of seeds.

Furthermore, the present invention relates to the following methods.

-   -   a) A method for controlling invertebrate pests on a plant         comprising contacting the plant or the plant propagation         material; the pest or its food supply, habitat or breeding         ground; with an effective amount of the pesticidal mixture A or         the above defined seed treatment composition thereof.     -   b) A method for controlling invertebrate pests on a plant         comprising contacting the plant or the plant propagation         material; the pest or its food supply, habitat or breeding         ground; and/their habitat, with an effective amount of the         pesticidal mixture B or the above defined seed treatment         composition thereof.     -   c) A method for controlling invertebrate pests and on a plant         comprising contacting the plant or the plant propagation         material; the pest or its food supply, habitat or breeding         ground; and/or their habitat, with an effective amount of the         pesticidal mixture C or the above defined seed treatment         composition thereof.     -   d) A method for controlling invertebrate pests and/on a plant         comprising contacting the plant or the plant propagation         material; the pest or its food supply, habitat or breeding         ground; and/or their habitat, with an effective amount of the         pesticidal mixture D or the above defined seed treatment         composition thereof.     -   e) A method for controlling invertebrate pests and on a plant         comprising contacting the plant or the plant propagation         material; the pest or its food supply, habitat or breeding         ground; and/i or their habitat, with an effective amount of the         pesticidal mixture E or the above defined seed treatment         composition thereof.     -   f) A method for controlling invertebrate pests and on a plant         comprising contacting the plant or the plant propagation         material; the pest or its food supply, habitat or breeding         ground; and or their habitat, with an effective amount of the         pesticidal mixture F or the above defined seed treatment         composition thereof.

It has been found that the above objects can be achieved by the pesticidal mixtures as defined above and hereinafter, and the seed treatment compositions and uses thereof, as well as by seeds comprising the pesticidal mixtures or the seed treatment compositions thereof, and by methods of applying the pesticidal mixtures.

The components, which are present in the pesticidal mixtures of the invention, are described in further detail hereinafter.

The definitions regarding the compound of formula I apply to the pesticidal mixture PM of the invention as well as for the pesticidal mixtures A, B, C, D, E, and F.

The term “compound(s) of formula I” or “compound(s) according to the invention” comprises the compound(s) as defined herein as well as a stereoisomer, salt, tautomer or N-oxide thereof.

The term “compound(s) of the present invention” is to be understood as equivalent to the term “compound(s) according to the invention”, therefore also comprising a stereoisomer, salt, tautomer or N-oxide thereof.

The term “stereoisomers” encompasses both optical isomers, such as enantiomers or diastereomers, the latter existing due to more than one center of chirality in the molecule, as well as geometrical isomers (cis/trans isomers).

Depending on the substitution pattern, the compounds of formula I may have one or more centers of chirality, in which case they are present as mixtures of enantiomers or diastereomers. One center of chirality is the carbon atom carrying radicals R³, R⁴ and R⁵. The invention provides both the pure enantiomers or diastereomers and their mixtures and the use according to the invention of the pure enantiomers or diastereomers of the compound I or its mixtures. Suitable compounds of the formula I also include all possible geometrical stereoisomers (cis/trans isomers) and mixtures thereof.

The term “N-oxide” relates to a form of compounds I in which at least one nitrogen atom is present in oxidized form (as NO).

The compounds of of the formula I may be amorphous or may exist in one ore more different crystalline states (polymorphs) which may have a different macroscopic properties such as stability or show different biological properties such as activities. The present invention includes both amorphous and crystalline compounds of the formula I, mixtures of different crystalline states of the respective compound I, as well as amorphous or crystalline salts thereof.

Salts of the compounds of the formula I are preferably agriculturally acceptable salts. They can be formed in a customary method, e.g. by reacting the compound with an acid of the anion in question if the compound of formula I has a basic functionality or by reacting an acidic compound of formula I with a suitable base.

Suitable agriculturally acceptable salts are especially the salts of those cations or the acid addition salts of those acids whose cations and anions, respectively, do not have any adverse effect on the action of the compounds according to the present invention.

Suitable cations are in particular the ions of the alkali metals, preferably lithium, sodium and potassium, of the alkaline earth metals, preferably calcium, magnesium and barium, and of the transition metals, preferably manganese, copper, zinc and iron, and also ammonium (NH₄ ⁺) and substituted ammonium in which one to four of the hydrogen atoms are replaced by C₁-C₄-alkyl, C₁-C₄-hydroxyalkyl, C₁-C₄-alkoxy, C₁-C₄-alkoxy-C₁-C₄-alkyl, hydroxy-C₁-C₄-alkoxy-C₁-C₄-alkyl, phenyl or benzyl. Examples of substituted ammonium ions comprise methylammonium, isopropylammonium, dimethylammonium, diisopropylammonium, trimethylammonium, tetramethylammonium, tetraethylammonium, tetrabutylammonium, 2-hydroxyethylammonium, 2-(2-hydroxyethoxy)ethylammonium, bis(2-hydroxyethyl)ammonium, benzyltrimethylammonium and benzl-triethylammonium, furthermore phosphonium ions, sulfonium ions, preferably tri(C₁-C₄-alkyl)sulfonium, and sulfoxonium ions, preferably tri(C₁-C₄-alkyl)sulfoxonium.

Anions of useful acid addition salts are primarily chloride, bromide, fluoride, hydrogen sulfate, sulfate, dihydrogen phosphate, hydrogen phosphate, phosphate, nitrate, hydrogen carbonate, carbonate, hexafluorosilicate, hexafluorophosphate, benzoate, and the anions of C₁-C₄-alkanoic acids, preferably formate, acetate, propionate and butyrate. They can be formed by reacting a compound of formulae I with an acid of the corresponding anion, preferably of hydrochloric acid, hydrobromic acid, sulfuric acid, phosphoric acid or nitric acid.

The organic moieties mentioned in the above definitions of the variables are—like the term halogen—collective terms for individual listings of the individual group members. The prefix C_(n)C_(m) indicates in each case the possible number of carbon atoms in the group.

The preparation of the compounds of formula I is described in WO2010/034737, WO2012/084670, WO2012/143317, and WO2015/055497.

The insecticides II as listed above under component 2) of the pesticidal mixture PM as groups M.1 to M.29, which are described by common names, are commercially available and may be found in The Pesticide Manual, 16th Edition, C. MacBean, British Crop Protection Council (2013) among other publications. The online Pesticide Manual is updated regularly and is accessible through http://bcpcdata.com/pesticide-manual.html. Another online data base for pesticides providing the ISO common names is http://www.alanwood.net/pesticides.

The M.4 neonicotinoid cycloxaprid is known from WO2010/069266 and WO2011/069456, the neonicotinoid M.4A.2, also named as guadipyr, is known from WO2013/003977, and the neonicotinoid M.4A.3 (approved as paichongding in China) is known from WO2007/101369. The metaflumizone analogue M.22B.1 is described in CN10171577 and the analogue M.22B.2 in CN102126994. The phthalamides M.28.1 and M.28.2 are known from WO2007/101540. The anthranilamide M.28.3 is described in WO2005/077934. The hydrazide M.28.4 is described in WO2007/043677. The anthranilamide M.28.5i) is described in WO2011/085575, M.28.5j) in WO2008/134969, M.28.5k) in US2011/046186 and M.28.51) in WO2012/034403. The diamides M.28.6 and M.28.7 can be found in CN102613183. The spiroketal-substituted cyclic ketoenol M.29.3 is known from WO2006/089633 and the biphenyl-substituted spirocyclic ketoenol M.29.4 from WO2008/067911. The triazoylphenylsulfide M.29.5 is described in WO2006/043635, and biological control agents on the basis of Bacillus firmus are described in WO2009/124707. The compounds M.29.6a) to M.29.6i) listed under M.29.6 are described in WO2012/029672, and M.29.6j) and M.29.6k) in WO2013/129688. The nematicide M.29.8 is known from WO2013/055584. The isoxazoline M.29.9.a) is described in WO2013/050317. The isoxazoline M.29.9.b) is described in WO2014/126208. The pyridalyl-type analogue M.29.10 is known from WO2010/060379. The carboxamides broflanilide and M.29.11.b) to M.29.11.h) are described in WO2010/018714, and the carboxamides M.29.11i) to M.29.11.p) in WO2010/127926. The pyridylthiazoles M.29.12.a) to M.29.12.c) are known from WO2010/006713, M.29.12.d) and M.29.12.e) are known from WO2012/000896, and M.29.12.f) to M.29.12.m) from WO2010/129497. The compounds M.29.14a) and M.29.14b) are known from WO2007/101369.

The fungicides III as listed above under component 3) of the pesticidal mixture PM as groups A) to K), which are described by common names, are commercially available and may be found in the database http://www.alanwood.net/pesticides.

The fungicides described by IUPAC nomenclature, their preparation and their pesticidal activity is also known (cf. Can. J. Plant Sci. 48(6), 587-94, 1968; EP-A 141317; EP-A 152 031; EP-A 226 917; EP-A 243 970; EP-A 256 503; EP-A 428 941; EP-A 532 022; EP-A 1 028 125; EP-A 1 035 122; EP-A 1 201 648; EP-A 1 122 244, JP 2002316902; DE 19650197; DE 10021412; DE 102005009458; U.S. Pat. Nos. 3,296,272; 3,325,503; WO 98/46608; WO 99/14187; WO 99/24413; WO 99/27783; WO 00/29404; WO 00/46148; WO 00/65913; WO 01/54501; WO 01/56358; WO 02/22583; WO 02/40431; WO 03/10149; WO 03/11853; WO 03/14103; WO 03/16286; WO 03/53145; WO 03/61388; WO 03/66609; WO 03/74491; WO 04/49804; WO 04/83193; WO 05/120234; WO 05/123689; WO 05/123690; WO 05/63721; WO 05/87772; WO 05/87773; WO 06/15866; WO 06/87325; WO 06/87343; WO 07/82098; WO 07/90624, WO 11/028657, WO2012/168188, WO 2007/006670, WO 2011/77514; WO13/047749, WO 10/069882, WO 13/047441, WO 03/16303, WO 09/90181, WO 13/127704, WO 13/024009, WO 13/024010 and WO 13/047441, WO 13/162072, WO 13/092224, WO 11/135833).

The mixing partners of the pesticidal mixture A, B, C, D, E, and F of the present invention are commercially available and may be found in The Pesticide Manual, 16th Edition, C. MacBean, British Crop Protection Council (2013), or in the online version thereof http://bcpcdata.com/pesticide-manual.html, or in the database http://www.alanwood.net/pesticides. Furthermore, the following references are cited in connection with the mixing partners: The mixing partner tioxazafen of the pesticidal mixture A of the present invention is described in WO2009/023721. The mixing partner tetraniliprole of the pesticidal mixture B of the present invention is described in WO2007/144100 and WO2010/069502. The mixing partner broflanilide of the pesticidal mixture C of the present invention is described in WO2010/018714. The mixing partner cyhalodiamide of the pesticidal mixture D of the present invention is described in WO2012/034472.

The following preferred embodiments of the compounds of formula I apply to the pesticidal mixture PM as well as to the pesticidal mixtures A, B, C, D, E, or F of the invention.

The remarks made as to preferred embodiments of the variables (substituents) of the compounds of formula I are to be understood as preferred on their own as well as preferably in combination with each other, as well as in combination with stereoisomers, tautomers, N-oxides or salts of the compounds of formula I, and in combination with the preferred embodiments of the insecticides and fungicides III of the pesticidal mixtures PM as defined herein, and in combination with the uses of the pesticidal mixtures PM as defined herein, the seed treatment compositions of the pesticidal mixtures PM as defined herein, the seeds comprising the the pesticidal mixtures PM or the seed treatment compositions thereof as defined herein, and the methods of applying the pesticidal mixtures PM or the seed treatment compositions thereof as defined herein.

Furthermore, the remarks made as to preferred embodiments of the variables (substituents) of the compounds of formula I are to be understood as preferred on their own as well as preferably in combination with each other, as well as in combination with stereoisomers, tautomers, N-oxides or salts of the compounds of formula I, and in combination with the uses of the pesticidal mixtures A, B, C, D, E, or F as defined herein, the seed treatment compositions of the pesticidal mixtures A, B, C, D, E, or F as defined herein, the seeds comprising the the pesticidal mixtures A, B, C, D, E, or F or the seed treatment compositions thereof as defined herein, and the methods of applying the pesticidal mixtures A, B, C, D, E, or F or the seed treatment compositions thereof as defined herein.

The preferred embodiments of the variables of the compounds of formula I are defined hereinafter.

In one embodiment, R¹ is H, CH₃, C₂H₅, or CH₂OCH₃, preferably CH₃, or C₂H₅.

In one embodiment, R² is CH₃.

In one embodiment, R³ is C₁-C₆-alkyl, C₁-C₆-haloalkyl, C₃-C₆-cycloalkyl, wherein the C-atoms may be unsubstituted, or partially or fully substituted by halogen, or CN.

In a preferred embodiment, R³ is CH₃, C₂H₅, CH(CH₃)₂, CH₂CH₂CH₃, CF₃, CHFCH₃, cyclopropyl, wherein the ring is substituted by halogen, or CN.

In a further preferred embodiment, R³ is CH₃, CH(CH₃)₂, CF₃, CHFCH₃, 1-CN-c-C₃H₄.

In one embodiment, R⁴ is C₁-C₄-alkyl, preferably CH₃.

In another embodiment R³ and R⁴ together form C₅-C₆-cycloalkyl, wherein the C-atoms may be unsubstituted, or partially or fully substituted by halogen, or CN.

In one embodiment, R⁵ is H.

In another embodiment, R⁵ is H, and R⁴ is CH₃.

In a further embodiment, R¹ is CH₃ or C₂H₅, R² is CH₃, R⁵ is H, and R⁴ is CH₃, and R³ is selected from CH₃, CH(CH₃)₂, CF₃, CHFCH₃, and 1-CN-c-C₃H₄.

In one embodiment, the compound of formula I is a compound of formula IA as depicted below, wherein R² is CH₃ and R⁵ is H.

For the compounds of formula IA, it is particularly preferred that R¹ is H, CH₃, C₂H₅, or CH₂OCH₃.

Furthermore, it is preferred for the compounds of formula IA that R³ is CH₃, C₂H₅, CH(CH₃)₂, CH₂CH₂CH₃, CF₃, CHFCH₃, cyclopropyl, wherein the ring is substituted by halogen, or CN, and that R⁴ is C₁-C₄-alkyl, or that R³ and R⁴ together form C₅-C₆-cycloalkyl, which is unsubstituted, or partially or fully substituted by halogen, or CN.

Particularly preferred compounds of formula I are compounds of formula IA, wherein the variables R¹, R³, and R⁴ correspond to one row of table I below. Said compounds are referred to as compounds I-1 to I-18 in accordance with each row of table I.

TABLE 1 No R¹ R³ R⁴ I-1 CH₃ CH₃ CH₃ I-2 CH₃ CF₃ CH₃ I-3 CH₃ CH(CH₃)₂ CH₃ I-4 CH₃ 1-CN-c-C₃H₄ CH₃ I-5 CH₃ CHFCH₃ CH₃ I-6 CH₃ CH₂CH₂CF₂CH₂CH₂ I-7 CH₂CH₃ CH₃ CH₃ I-8 CH₂CH₃ CF₃ CH₃ I-9 CH₂CH₃ CH(CH₃)₂ CH₃ I-10 CH₂CH₃ 1-CN-c-C₃H₄ CH₃ I-11 CH₂CH₃ CHFCH₃ CH₃ I-12 CH₂CH₃ CH₂CH₂CF₂CH₂CH₂ I-13 CH₂OCH₃ CH₃ CH₃ I-14 CH₂OCH₃ CF₃ CH₃ I-15 CH₂OCH₃ CH(CH₃)₂ CH₃ I-16 CH₂OCH₃ 1-CN-c-C₃H₄ CH₃ I-17 CH₂OCH₃ CHFCH₃ CH₃ I-18 CH₂OCH₃ CH₂CH₂CF₂CH₂CH₂

A preferred embodiment of the invention are pesticidal mixtures wherein component 1) is the compound of formula IA, wherein R¹ is CH₃, R³ is CH(CH₃)₂, and R⁴ is CH₃ (compound I-3).

A preferred embodiment of the invention are pesticidal mixtures wherein component 1) is the compound of formula IA, wherein R¹ is C₂H₅, R³ is CH(CH₃)₂, and R⁴ is CH₃ (compound I-9).

Another preferred embodiment of the invention are pesticidal mixtures wherein component 1) is the compound of formula IA, wherein R¹ is C₂H₅, R³ is 1-CN-c-C₃H₄, and R⁴ is CH₃ (compound I-10).

With regard to the compounds I-2, I-3, I-4, I-5, I-8, I-9, I-10, I-11, I-14, I-15, I-16, I-17, it is to be understood, as explained above, that the compounds may be present in two enantiomeric forms, which are all understood to be encompassed by the present invention, either in isolated form or as a mixture.

In addition to the above defined component 1), the pesticidal mixture PM of the invention comprises a component 2), which is at least one insecticide selected from the groups M.1 to M.29 as defined above, and a component 3), which is at least one fungicide III selected from the groups A) to K) as defined above. Preferred insecticides and fungicides III as components 2) and 3) of the pesticidal mixtures PM, respectively, are defined hereinafter.

The preferred embodiments regarding components 2) and 3) are to be understood as preferred on their own as well as preferably in combination with each other, and in combination with the preferred embodiments of the compounds of formula I, i.e. component 1) of the pesticidal mixture PM, and in combination with the uses of the pesticidal mixtures PM as defined herein, the seed treatment compositions of the pesticidal mixtures PM as defined herein, the seeds comprising the the pesticidal mixtures PM or the seed treatment compositions thereof as defined herein, and the methods of applying the pesticidal mixtures PM or the seed treatment compositions thereof as defined herein.

The following insecticides are preferred as components 2) in the pesticidal mixtures PM.

In one embodiment, component 2) is selected from the group consisting of fipronil, clothianidin, thiamethoxam, acetamiprid, dinotefuran, imidacloprid, thiacloprid, sulfoxaflor, methiocarb, tefluthrin, bifenthrin, cypermethrin, alphacypermethrin, spinosad, cyantraniliprole, chlorantraniliprole, triflumezopyrim, flupyradifurone, tetraniliprole, abamectin, thiodicarb, and tioxazafen.

In a preferred embodiment, component 2) is selected from the group consisting of fipronil, clothianidin, thiamethoxam, acetamiprid, dinotefuran, imidacloprid, tefluthrin, bifenthrin, cypermethrin, alphacypermethrin, cyantraniliprole, chlorantraniliprole, abamectin, and thiodicarb.

The following fungicides III are preferred as components 3) in the pesticidal mixtures PM.

In one embodiment, component 3) is selected from the group consisting of azoxystrobinazoxystrobin, trifloxystrobin, picoxystrobin, pyraclostrobin, fenamidone, sedaxane, penthiopyrad, penflufen, fluopyram, fluxapyroxad, boscalid, oxathiapiprolin, metalaxyl, metalaxyl-M, ethaboxam, dimethomorph, cyproconazole, difenoconazole, prothioconazole, flutriafol, thiabendazole, ipconazole, tebuconazole, triadimenol, prochloraz, fluquinconazole, triticonazole, fludioxonil, carboxin, silthiofarm, ziram, thiram, carbendazim, thiophanate methyl, hymexazol, and fluazinam.

In a preferred embodiment, component 3) is selected from the group consisting of azoxystrobinazoxystrobin, trifloxystrobin, pyraclostrobin, sedaxane, penflufen, fluopyram, fluxapyroxad, boscalid, oxathiapiprolin, metalaxyl, metalaxyl-M, ethaboxam, dimethomorph, difenoconazole, prothioconazole, thiabendazole, ipconazole, tebuconazole, prochloraz, fluquinconazole, triticonazole, fludioxonil, silthiofarm, thiophanatemethyl, and fluazinam.

Preferred pesticidal mixtures PM for use according to the invention and as contained in the seed treatment compositions and the seeds of the invention, and as applied in the method of the invention are defined hereinafter.

In one preferred embodiment, the pesticidal mixture PM of the present invention comprises at least one compound of formula I as component 1), which is selected from the compounds I-1, I-2, I-3, I-4, I-5, I-6, I-7, I-8, I-9, I-10, I-11, I-12, I-13, I-14, I-15, I-16, I-17, and I-18 as defined above.

In another embodiment, the pesticidal mixture PM of the present invention comprises at least one insecticide, which is selected from the insecticides as defined in the following table 11 as component 2). The insecticides as listed in table 1 are in the following referred to as insecticides I-1 to II-24 in accordance with each row of table II.

TABLE II No. insecticide II II-1 fipronil II-2 clothianidin II-3 thiamethoxam II-4 acetamiprid II-5 dinotefuran II-6 imidacloprid II-7 thiacloprid II-8 sulfoxaflor II-9 methiocarb II-10 tefluthrin II-11 bifenthrin II-12 cypermethrin II-13 alphacypermethrin II-14 spinosad II-15 cyantraniliprole II-16 chlorantraniliprole II-17 triflumezopyrim II-18 flupyradifurone II-19 abamectin II-20 thiodicarb II-21 tioxazafen II-22 fluxametamide II-23 fluazaindolizine II-24 cyhalodiamide

In another embodiment, the pesticidal mixture PM of the present invention comprises at least one fungicide III which is selected from the fungicides as defined in the following table III as component 3). The fungicides III as listed in table III are in the following referred to as fungicides III-1 to III-33 in accordance with each row of table III.

TABLE III No. fungicide III III-1 azoxystrobin III-2 trifloxystrobin III-3 picoxystrobin III-4 pyraclostrobin III-5 sedaxane III-6 penthiopyrad III-7 penflufen III-8 fluopyram III-9 fluxapyroxad III-10 boscalid III-11 oxathiapiprolin III-12 metalaxyl III-13 metalaxyl-M III-14 ethaboxam III-15 dimethomorph III-16 cyproconazole III-17 difenoconazole III-18 prothioconazole III-19 flutriafol III-20 thiabendazole III-21 ipconazole III-22 tebuconazole III-23 triadimenol III-24 prochloraz III-25 fluquinconazole III-26 triticonazole III-27 fludioxonil III-28 carboxin III-29 silthiofarm III-30 ziram III-31 thiram III-32 carbendazim III-33 thiophanate methyl

In one embodiment, the pesticidal mixture PM of the present invention comprises a compound of formula I, which is selected from the compounds I-1 to I-18, as component 1), and an insecticide selected from the insecticides II-1 to II-24 as component 2), preferably from the insecticides II-1 to II-20, particularly fipronil II-1, and a fungicide III selected from the fungicides III-1 to III-33 as component 3), preferably pyraclostrobin III-4.

In particular with a view to their use, preference is given to the pesticidal mixtures compiled in the tables below.

Table 1 Pesticidal mixtures PM, which comprise compound I-1, and in which the combination of components 2) and 3) corresponds in each case to the combination of an insecticide II with a fungicide III according to one row of Table A

Table 2 Pesticidal mixtures PM, which comprise compound I-2, and in which the combination of components 2) and 3) corresponds in each case to the combination of an insecticide II with a fungicide III according to one row of Table A

Table 3 Pesticidal mixtures PM, which comprise compound I-3, and in which the combination of components 2) and 3) corresponds in each case to the combination of an insecticide II with a fungicide III according to one row of Table A

Table 4 Pesticidal mixtures PM, which comprise compound I-4, and in which combination of components 2) and 3) corresponds in each case to the combination of an insecticide II with a fungicide III according to one row of Table A

Table 5 Pesticidal mixtures PM, which comprise compound I-5, and in which the combination of components 2) and 3) corresponds in each case to the combination of an insecticide II with a fungicide III according to one row of Table A

Table 6 Pesticidal mixtures PM, which comprise compound I-6, and in which the combination of components 2) and 3) corresponds in each case to the combination of an insecticide II with a fungicide III according to one row of Table A

Table 7 Pesticidal mixtures PM, which comprise compound I-7, and in which the combination of components 2) and 3) corresponds in each case to the combination of an insecticide II with a fungicide III according to one row of Table A

Table 8 Pesticidal mixtures PM, which comprise compound I-8, and in which the combination of components 2) and 3) corresponds in each case to the combination of an insecticide II with a fungicide III according to one row of Table A

Table 9 Pesticidal mixtures PM, which comprise compound I-9, and in which the combination of components 2) and 3) corresponds in each case to the combination of an insecticide II with a fungicide III according to one row of Table A

Table 10 Pesticidal mixtures PM, which comprise compound I-10, and in which the combination of components 2) and 3) corresponds in each case to the combination of an insecticide II with a fungicide III according to one row of Table A

Table 11 Pesticidal mixtures PM, which comprise compound I-11, and in which the combination of components 2) and 3) corresponds in each case to the combination of an insecticide II with a fungicide III according to one row of Table A

Table 12 Pesticidal mixtures PM, which comprise compound I-12, and in which the combination of components 2) and 3) corresponds in each case to the combination of an insecticide II with a fungicide III according to one row of Table A

Table 13 Pesticidal mixtures PM, which comprise compound I-13, and in which the combination of components 2) and 3) corresponds in each case to the combination of an insecticide II with a fungicide III according to one row of Table A

Table 14 Pesticidal mixtures PM, which comprise compound I-14, and in which the combination of components 2) and 3) corresponds in each case to the combination of an insecticide II with a fungicide III according to one row of Table A

Table 15 Pesticidal mixtures PM, which comprise compound I-15, and in which the combination of components 2) and 3) corresponds in each case to the combination of an insecticide II with a fungicide III according to one row of Table A

Table 16 Pesticidal mixtures PM, which comprise compound I-16, and in which the combination of components 2) and 3) corresponds in each case to the combination of an insecticide II with a fungicide III according to one row of Table A

Table 17 Pesticidal mixtures PM, which comprise compound I-17, and in which the combination of components 2) and 3) corresponds in each case to the combination of an insecticide II with a fungicide III according to one row of Table A

Table 18 Pesticidal mixtures PM, which comprise compound I-18, and in which the combination of components 2) and 3) corresponds in each case to the combination of an insecticide II with a fungicide III according to one row of Table A

TABLE A No. II III A-1 II-1 III-1 A-2 II-2 III-1 A-3 II-3 III-1 A-4 II-4 III-1 A-5 II-5 III-1 A-6 II-6 III-1 A-7 II-7 III-1 A-8 II-8 III-1 A-9 II-9 III-1 A-10 II-10 III-1 A-11 II-11 III-1 A-12 II-12 III-1 A-13 II-13 III-1 A-14 II-14 III-1 A-15 II-15 III-1 A-16 II-16 III-1 A-17 II-17 III-1 A-18 II-18 III-1 A-19 II-19 III-1 A-20 II-20 III-1 A-21 II-21 III-1 A-22 II-22 III-1 A-23 II-23 III-1 A-24 II-24 III-1 A-25 II-1 III-2 A-26 II-2 III-2 A-27 II-3 III-2 A-28 II-4 III-2 A-29 II-5 III-2 A-30 II-6 III-2 A-31 II-7 III-2 A-32 II-8 III-2 A-33 II-9 III-2 A-34 II-10 III-2 A-35 II-11 III-2 A-36 II-12 III-2 A-37 II-13 III-2 A-38 II-14 III-2 A-39 II-15 III-2 A-40 II-16 III-2 A-41 II-17 III-2 A-42 II-18 III-2 A-43 II-19 III-2 A-44 II-20 III-2 A-45 II-21 III-2 A-46 II-22 III-2 A-47 II-23 III-2 A-48 II-24 III-2 A-49 II-1 III-3 A-50 II-2 III-3 A-51 II-3 III-3 A-52 II-4 III-3 A-53 II-5 III-3 A-54 II-6 III-3 A-55 II-7 III-3 A-56 II-8 III-3 A-57 II-9 III-3 A-58 II-10 III-3 A-59 II-11 III-3 A-60 II-12 III-3 A-61 II-13 III-3 A-62 II-14 III-3 A-63 II-15 III-3 A-64 II-16 III-3 A-65 II-17 III-3 A-66 II-18 III-3 A-67 II-19 III-3 A-68 II-20 III-3 A-69 II-21 III-3 A-70 II-22 III-3 A-71 II-23 III-3 A-72 II-24 III-3 A-73 II-1 III-4 A-74 II-2 III-4 A-75 II-3 III-4 A-76 II-4 III-4 A-77 II-5 III-4 A-78 II-6 III-4 A-79 II-7 III-4 A-80 II-8 III-4 A-81 II-9 III-4 A-82 II-10 III-4 A-83 II-11 III-4 A-84 II-12 III-4 A-85 II-13 III-4 A-86 II-14 III-4 A-87 II-15 III-4 A-88 II-16 III-4 A-89 II-17 III-4 A-90 II-18 III-4 A-91 II-19 III-4 A-92 II-20 III-4 A-93 II-21 III-4 A-94 II-22 III-4 A-95 II-23 III-4 A-96 II-24 III-4 A-97 II-1 III-5 A-98 II-2 III-5 A-99 II-3 III-5 A-100 II-4 III-5 A-101 II-5 III-5 A-102 II-6 III-5 A-103 II-7 III-5 A-104 II-8 III-5 A-105 II-9 III-5 A-106 II-10 III-5 A-107 II-11 III-5 A-108 II-12 III-5 A-109 II-13 III-5 A-110 II-14 III-5 A-111 II-15 III-5 A-112 II-16 III-5 A-113 II-17 III-5 A-114 II-18 III-5 A-115 II-19 III-5 A-116 II-20 III-5 A-117 II-21 III-5 A-118 II-22 III-5 A-119 II-23 III-5 A-120 II-24 III-5 A-121 II-1 III-6 A-122 II-2 III-6 A-123 II-3 III-6 A-124 II-4 III-6 A-125 II-5 III-6 A-126 II-6 III-6 A-127 II-7 III-6 A-128 II-8 III-6 A-129 II-9 III-6 A-130 II-10 III-6 A-131 II-11 III-6 A-132 II-12 III-6 A-133 II-13 III-6 A-134 II-14 III-6 A-135 II-15 III-6 A-136 II-16 III-6 A-137 II-17 III-6 A-138 II-18 III-6 A-139 II-19 III-6 A-140 II-20 III-6 A-141 II-21 III-6 A-142 II-22 III-6 A-143 II-23 III-6 A-144 II-24 III-6 A-145 II-1 III-7 A-146 II-2 III-7 A-147 II-3 III-7 A-148 II-4 III-7 A-149 II-5 III-7 A-150 II-6 III-7 A-151 II-7 III-7 A-152 II-8 III-7 A-153 II-9 III-7 A-154 II-10 III-7 A-155 II-11 III-7 A-156 II-12 III-7 A-157 II-13 III-7 A-158 II-14 III-7 A-159 II-15 III-7 A-160 II-16 III-7 A-161 II-17 III-7 A-162 II-18 III-7 A-163 II-19 III-7 A-164 II-20 III-7 A-165 II-21 III-7 A-166 II-22 III-7 A-167 II-23 III-7 A-168 II-24 III-7 A-169 II-1 III-8 A-170 II-2 III-8 A-171 II-3 III-8 A-172 II-4 III-8 A-173 II-5 III-8 A-174 II-6 III-8 A-175 II-7 III-8 A-176 II-8 III-8 A-177 II-9 III-8 A-178 II-10 III-8 A-179 II-11 III-8 A-180 II-12 III-8 A-181 II-13 III-8 A-182 II-14 III-8 A-183 II-15 III-8 A-184 II-16 III-8 A-185 II-17 III-8 A-186 II-18 III-8 A-187 II-19 III-8 A-188 II-20 III-8 A-189 II-21 III-8 A-190 II-22 III-8 A-191 II-23 III-8 A-192 II-24 III-8 A-193 II-1 III-9 A-194 II-2 III-9 A-195 II-3 III-9 A-196 II-4 III-9 A-197 II-5 III-9 A-198 II-6 III-9 A-199 II-7 III-9 A-200 II-8 III-9 A-201 II-9 III-9 A-202 II-10 III-9 A-203 II-11 III-9 A-204 II-12 III-9 A-205 II-13 III-9 A-206 II-14 III-9 A-207 II-15 III-9 A-208 II-16 III-9 A-209 II-17 III-9 A-210 II-18 III-9 A-211 II-19 III-9 A-212 II-20 III-9 A-213 II-21 III-9 A-214 II-22 III-9 A-215 II-23 III-9 A-216 II-24 III-9 A-217 II-1 III-10 A-218 II-2 III-10 A-219 II-3 III-10 A-220 II-4 III-10 A-221 II-5 III-10 A-222 II-6 III-10 A-223 II-7 III-10 A-224 II-8 III-10 A-225 II-9 III-10 A-226 II-10 III-10 A-227 II-11 III-10 A-228 II-12 III-10 A-229 II-13 III-10 A-230 II-14 III-10 A-231 II-15 III-10 A-232 II-16 III-10 A-233 II-17 III-10 A-234 II-18 III-10 A-235 II-19 III-10 A-236 II-20 III-10 A-237 II-21 III-10 A-238 II-22 III-10 A-239 II-23 III-10 A-240 II-24 III-10 A-241 II-1 III-11 A-242 II-2 III-11 A-243 II-3 III-11 A-244 II-4 III-11 A-245 II-5 III-11 A-246 II-6 III-11 A-247 II-7 III-11 A-248 II-8 III-11 A-249 II-9 III-11 A-250 II-10 III-11 A-251 II-11 III-11 A-252 II-12 III-11 A-253 II-13 III-11 A-254 II-14 III-11 A-255 II-15 III-11 A-256 II-16 III-11 A-257 II-17 III-11 A-258 II-18 III-11 A-259 II-19 III-11 A-260 II-20 III-11 A-261 II-21 III-11 A-262 II-22 III-11 A-263 II-23 III-11 A-264 II-24 III-11 A-265 II-1 III-12 A-266 II-2 III-12 A-267 II-3 III-12 A-268 II-4 III-12 A-269 II-5 III-12 A-270 II-6 III-12 A-271 II-7 III-12 A-272 II-8 III-12 A-273 II-9 III-12 A-274 II-10 III-12 A-275 II-11 III-12 A-276 II-12 III-12 A-277 II-13 III-12 A-278 II-14 III-12 A-279 II-15 III-12 A-280 II-16 III-12 A-281 II-17 III-12 A-282 II-18 III-12 A-283 II-19 III-12 A-284 II-20 III-12 A-285 II-21 III-12 A-286 II-22 III-12 A-287 II-23 III-12 A-288 II-24 III-12 A-289 II-1 III-13 A-290 II-2 III-13 A-291 II-3 III-13 A-292 II-4 III-13 A-293 II-5 III-13 A-294 II-6 III-13 A-295 II-7 III-13 A-296 II-8 III-13 A-297 II-9 III-13 A-298 II-10 III-13 A-299 II-11 III-13 A-300 II-12 III-13 A-301 II-13 III-13 A-302 II-14 III-13 A-303 II-15 III-13 A-304 II-16 III-13 A-305 II-17 III-13 A-306 II-18 III-13 A-307 II-19 III-13 A-308 II-20 III-13 A-309 II-21 III-13 A-310 II-22 III-13 A-311 II-23 III-13 A-312 II-24 III-13 A-313 II-1 III-14 A-314 II-2 III-14 A-315 II-3 III-14 A-316 II-4 III-14 A-317 II-5 III-14 A-318 II-6 III-14 A-319 II-7 III-14 A-320 II-8 III-14 A-321 II-9 III-14 A-322 II-10 III-14 A-323 II-11 III-14 A-324 II-12 III-14 A-325 II-13 III-14 A-326 II-14 III-14 A-327 II-15 III-14 A-328 II-16 III-14 A-329 II-17 III-14 A-330 II-18 III-14 A-331 II-19 III-14 A-332 II-20 III-14 A-333 II-21 III-14 A-334 II-22 III-14 A-335 II-23 III-14 A-336 II-24 III-14 A-337 II-1 III-15 A-338 II-2 III-15 A-339 II-3 III-15 A-340 II-4 III-15 A-341 II-5 III-15 A-342 II-6 III-15 A-343 II-7 III-15 A-344 II-8 III-15 A-345 II-9 III-15 A-346 II-10 III-15 A-347 II-11 III-15 A-348 II-12 III-15 A-349 II-13 III-15 A-350 II-14 III-15 A-351 II-15 III-15 A-352 II-16 III-15 A-353 II-17 III-15 A-354 II-18 III-15 A-355 II-19 III-15 A-356 II-20 III-15 A-357 II-21 III-15 A-358 II-22 III-15 A-359 II-23 III-15 A-360 II-24 III-15 A-361 II-1 III-16 A-362 II-2 III-16 A-363 II-3 III-16 A-364 II-4 III-16 A-365 II-5 III-16 A-366 II-6 III-16 A-367 II-7 III-16 A-368 II-8 III-16 A-369 II-9 III-16 A-370 II-10 III-16 A-371 II-11 III-16 A-372 II-12 III-16 A-373 II-13 III-16 A-374 II-14 III-16 A-375 II-15 III-16 A-376 II-16 III-16 A-377 II-17 III-16 A-378 II-18 III-16 A-379 II-19 III-16 A-380 II-20 III-16 A-381 II-21 III-16 A-382 II-22 III-16 A-383 II-23 III-16 A-384 II-24 III-16 A-385 II-1 III-17 A-386 II-2 III-17 A-387 II-3 III-17 A-388 II-4 III-17 A-389 II-5 III-17 A-390 II-6 III-17 A-391 II-7 III-17 A-392 II-8 III-17 A-393 II-9 III-17 A-394 II-10 III-17 A-395 II-11 III-17 A-396 II-12 III-17 A-397 II-13 III-17 A-398 II-14 III-17 A-399 II-15 III-17 A-400 II-16 III-17 A-401 II-17 III-17 A-402 II-18 III-17 A-403 II-19 III-17 A-404 II-20 III-17 A-405 II-21 III-17 A-406 II-22 III-17 A-407 II-23 III-17 A-408 II-24 III-17 A-409 II-1 III-18 A-410 II-2 III-18 A-411 II-3 III-18 A-412 II-4 III-18 A-413 II-5 III-18 A-414 II-6 III-18 A-415 II-7 III-18 A-416 II-8 III-18 A-417 II-9 III-18 A-418 II-10 III-18 A-419 II-11 III-18 A-420 II-12 III-18 A-421 II-13 III-18 A-422 II-14 III-18 A-423 II-15 III-18 A-424 II-16 III-18 A-425 II-17 III-18 A-426 II-18 III-18 A-427 II-19 III-18 A-428 II-20 III-18 A-429 II-21 III-18 A-430 II-22 III-18 A-431 II-23 III-18 A-432 II-24 III-18 A-433 II-1 III-19 A-434 II-2 III-19 A-435 II-3 III-19 A-436 II-4 III-19 A-437 II-5 III-19 A-438 II-6 III-19 A-439 II-7 III-19 A-440 II-8 III-19 A-441 II-9 III-19 A-442 II-10 III-19 A-443 II-11 III-19 A-444 II-12 III-19 A-445 II-13 III-19 A-446 II-14 III-19 A-447 II-15 III-19 A-448 II-16 III-19 A-449 II-17 III-19 A-450 II-18 III-19 A-451 II-19 III-19 A-452 II-20 III-19 A-453 II-21 III-19 A-454 II-22 III-19 A-455 II-23 III-19 A-456 II-24 III-19 A-457 II-1 III-20 A-458 II-2 III-20 A-459 II-3 III-20 A-460 II-4 III-20 A-461 II-5 III-20 A-462 II-6 III-20 A-463 II-7 III-20 A-464 II-8 III-20 A-465 II-9 III-20 A-466 II-10 III-20 A-467 II-11 III-20 A-468 II-12 III-20 A-469 II-13 III-20 A-470 II-14 III-20 A-471 II-15 III-20 A-472 II-16 III-20 A-473 II-17 III-20 A-474 II-18 III-20 A-475 II-19 III-20 A-476 II-20 III-20 A-477 II-21 III-20 A-478 II-22 III-20 A-479 II-23 III-20 A-480 II-24 III-20 A-481 II-1 III-21 A-482 II-2 III-21 A-483 II-3 III-21 A-484 II-4 III-21 A-485 II-5 III-21 A-486 II-6 III-21 A-487 II-7 III-21 A-488 II-8 III-21 A-489 II-9 III-21 A-490 II-10 III-21 A-491 II-11 III-21 A-492 II-12 III-21 A-493 II-13 III-21 A-494 II-14 III-21 A-495 II-15 III-21 A-496 II-16 III-21 A-497 II-17 III-21 A-498 II-18 III-21 A-499 II-19 III-21 A-500 II-20 III-21 A-501 II-21 III-21 A-502 II-22 III-21 A-503 II-23 III-21 A-504 II-24 III-21 A-505 II-1 III-22 A-506 II-2 III-22 A-507 II-3 III-22 A-508 II-4 III-22 A-509 II-5 III-22 A-510 II-6 III-22 A-511 II-7 III-22 A-512 II-8 III-22 A-513 II-9 III-22 A-514 II-10 III-22 A-515 II-11 III-22 A-516 II-12 III-22 A-517 II-13 III-22 A-518 II-14 III-22 A-519 II-15 III-22 A-520 II-16 III-22 A-521 II-17 III-22 A-522 II-18 III-22 A-523 II-19 III-22 A-524 II-20 III-22 A-525 II-21 III-22 A-526 II-22 III-22 A-527 II-23 III-22 A-528 II-24 III-22 A-529 II-1 III-23 A-530 II-2 III-23 A-531 II-3 III-23 A-532 II-4 III-23 A-533 II-5 III-23 A-534 II-6 III-23 A-535 II-7 III-23 A-536 II-8 III-23 A-537 II-9 III-23 A-538 II-10 III-23 A-539 II-11 III-23 A-540 II-12 III-23 A-541 II-13 III-23 A-542 II-14 III-23 A-543 II-15 III-23 A-544 II-16 III-23 A-545 II-17 III-23 A-546 II-18 III-23 A-547 II-19 III-23 A-548 II-20 III-23 A-549 II-21 III-23 A-550 II-22 III-23 A-551 II-23 III-23 A-552 II-24 III-23 A-553 II-1 III-24 A-554 II-2 III-24 A-555 II-3 III-24 A-556 II-4 III-24 A-557 II-5 III-24 A-558 II-6 III-24 A-559 II-7 III-24 A-560 II-8 III-24 A-561 II-9 III-24 A-562 II-10 III-24 A-563 II-11 III-24 A-564 II-12 III-24 A-565 II-13 III-24 A-566 II-14 III-24 A-567 II-15 III-24 A-568 II-16 III-24 A-569 II-17 III-24 A-570 II-18 III-24 A-571 II-19 III-24 A-572 II-20 III-24 A-573 II-21 III-24 A-574 II-22 III-24 A-575 II-23 III-24 A-576 II-24 III-24 A-577 II-1 III-25 A-578 II-2 III-25 A-579 II-3 III-25 A-580 II-4 III-25 A-581 II-5 III-25 A-582 II-6 III-25 A-583 II-7 III-25 A-584 II-8 III-25 A-585 II-9 III-25 A-586 II-10 III-25 A-587 II-11 III-25 A-588 II-12 III-25 A-589 II-13 III-25 A-590 II-14 III-25 A-591 II-15 III-25 A-592 II-16 III-25 A-593 II-17 III-25 A-594 II-18 III-25 A-595 II-19 III-25 A-596 II-20 III-25 A-597 II-21 III-25 A-598 II-22 III-25 A-599 II-23 III-25 A-600 II-24 III-25 A-601 II-1 III-26 A-602 II-2 III-26 A-603 II-3 III-26 A-604 II-4 III-26 A-605 II-5 III-26 A-606 II-6 III-26 A-607 II-7 III-26 A-608 II-8 III-26 A-609 II-9 III-26 A-610 II-10 III-26 A-611 II-11 III-26 A-612 II-12 III-26 A-613 II-13 III-26 A-614 II-14 III-26 A-615 II-15 III-26 A-616 II-16 III-26 A-617 II-17 III-26 A-618 II-18 III-26 A-619 II-19 III-26 A-620 II-20 III-26 A-621 II-21 III-26 A-622 II-22 III-26 A-623 II-23 III-26 A-624 II-24 III-26 A-625 II-1 III-27 A-626 II-2 III-27 A-627 II-3 III-27 A-628 II-4 III-27 A-629 II-5 III-27 A-630 II-6 III-27 A-631 II-7 III-27 A-632 II-8 III-27 A-633 II-9 III-27 A-634 II-10 III-27 A-635 II-11 III-27 A-636 II-12 III-27 A-637 II-13 III-27 A-638 II-14 III-27 A-639 II-15 III-27 A-640 II-16 III-27 A-641 II-17 III-27 A-642 II-18 III-27 A-643 II-19 III-27 A-644 II-20 III-27 A-645 II-21 III-27 A-646 II-22 III-27 A-647 II-23 III-27 A-648 II-24 III-27 A-649 II-1 III-28 A-650 II-2 III-28 A-651 II-3 III-28 A-652 II-4 III-28 A-653 II-5 III-28 A-654 II-6 III-28 A-655 II-7 III-28 A-656 II-8 III-28 A-657 II-9 III-28 A-658 II-10 III-28 A-659 II-11 III-28 A-660 II-12 III-28 A-661 II-13 III-28 A-662 II-14 III-28 A-663 II-15 III-28 A-664 II-16 III-28 A-665 II-17 III-28 A-666 II-18 III-28 A-667 II-19 III-28 A-668 II-20 III-28 A-669 II-21 III-28 A-670 II-22 III-28 A-671 II-23 III-28 A-672 II-24 III-28 A-673 II-1 III-29 A-674 II-2 III-29 A-675 II-3 III-29 A-676 II-4 III-29 A-677 II-5 III-29 A-678 II-6 III-29 A-679 II-7 III-29 A-680 II-8 III-29 A-681 II-9 III-29 A-682 II-10 III-29 A-683 II-11 III-29 A-684 II-12 III-29 A-685 II-13 III-29 A-686 II-14 III-29 A-687 II-15 III-29 A-688 II-16 III-29 A-689 II-17 III-29 A-690 II-18 III-29 A-691 II-19 III-29 A-692 II-20 III-29 A-693 II-21 III-29 A-694 II-22 III-29 A-695 II-23 III-29 A-696 II-24 III-29 A-697 II-1 III-30 A-698 II-2 III-30 A-699 II-3 III-30 A-700 II-4 III-30 A-701 II-5 III-30 A-702 II-6 III-30 A-703 II-7 III-30 A-704 II-8 III-30 A-705 II-9 III-30 A-706 II-10 III-30 A-707 II-11 III-30 A-708 II-12 III-30 A-709 II-13 III-30 A-710 II-14 III-30 A-711 II-15 III-30 A-712 II-16 III-30 A-713 II-17 III-30 A-714 II-18 III-30 A-715 II-19 III-30 A-716 II-20 III-30 A-717 II-21 III-30 A-718 II-22 III-30 A-719 II-23 III-30 A-720 II-24 III-30 A-721 II-1 III-31 A-722 II-2 III-31 A-723 II-3 III-31 A-724 II-4 III-31 A-725 II-5 III-31 A-726 II-6 III-31 A-727 II-7 III-31 A-728 II-8 III-31 A-729 II-9 III-31 A-730 II-10 III-31 A-731 II-11 III-31 A-732 II-12 III-31 A-733 II-13 III-31 A-734 II-14 III-31 A-735 II-15 III-31 A-736 II-16 III-31 A-737 II-17 III-31 A-738 II-18 III-31 A-739 II-19 III-31 A-740 II-20 III-31 A-741 II-21 III-31 A-742 II-22 III-31 A-743 II-23 III-31 A-744 II-24 III-31 A-745 II-1 III-32 A-746 II-2 III-32 A-747 II-3 III-32 A-748 II-4 III-32 A-749 II-5 III-32 A-750 II-6 III-32 A-751 II-7 III-32 A-752 II-8 III-32 A-753 II-9 III-32 A-754 II-10 III-32 A-755 II-11 III-32 A-756 II-12 III-32 A-757 II-13 III-32 A-758 II-14 III-32 A-759 II-15 III-32 A-760 II-16 III-32 A-761 II-17 III-32 A-762 II-18 III-32 A-763 II-19 III-32 A-764 II-20 III-32 A-765 II-21 III-32 A-766 II-22 III-32 A-767 II-23 III-32 A-768 II-24 III-32 A-769 II-1 III-33 A-770 II-2 III-33 A-771 II-3 III-33 A-772 II-4 III-33 A-773 II-5 III-33 A-774 II-6 III-33 A-775 II-7 III-33 A-776 II-8 III-33 A-777 II-9 III-33 A-778 II-10 III-33 A-779 II-11 III-33 A-780 II-12 III-33 A-781 II-13 III-33 A-782 II-14 III-33 A-783 II-15 III-33 A-784 II-16 III-33 A-785 II-17 III-33 A-786 II-18 III-33 A-787 II-19 III-33 A-788 II-20 III-33 A-789 II-21 III-33 A-790 II-22 III-33 A-791 II-23 III-33 A-792 II-24 III-33

In the pesticidal mixtures PM of the present invention, in particular in any one of the pesticidal mixtures of Tables 1 to 18, the components 1), 2) and 3) are preferably present in the following ratios.

In one embodiment, component 1) and component 2) are present in a weight ratio from 100:1 to 1:100, and component 1) and component 3) are present in a weight ratio from 100:1 to 1:100, and component 2) and component 3) are present in a weight ratio from 100:1 to 1:100.

In a preferred embodiment, component 1) and component 2) are present in a weight ratio from 10:1 to 1:10, and component 1) and component 3) are present in a weight ratio from 10:1 to 1:10, and component 2) and component 3) are present in a weight ratio from 10:1 to 1:10.

In another embodiment, an excess of component 1) compared to the combination of components 2) and 3) is present, so that the weight ratio of component 1) to the combination of components 2) and 3 is from 1000:1 to 2:1, preferably from 100:1 to 2:1, more preferably from 10:1 to 2:1. In this connection, it is preferred that components 2) and 3) are present in similar amounts, e.g. in a weight ratio of from 2:1 to 1:2, preferably 1:1.5 to 1.5:1.

In another embodiment, an excess of the the combination of components 2) and 3) compared to component 1) is present, so that the weight ratio of the combination of components 2) and 3 to component 1) is from 1000:1 to 2:1, preferably from 100:1 to 2:1, more preferably from 10:1 to 2:1. In this connection, it is preferred that components 2) and 3) are present in similar amounts, e.g. in a weight ratio of from 2:1 to 1:2, preferably 1:1.5 to 1.5:1.

In another embodiment, components 1), 2), and 3) are present in amounts, which provide a synergistically effect in terms of the insecticidal and/or fungicidal activity.

Preferred ratios of component 1) to component 2) to component 3) include (1-10):(1-10):(1-10), e.g. 1(±0.5):10(±0.5):10(±0.5), 10(±0.5):1(±0.5):1(±0.5), or 1(±0.5):10(±0.5):1(±0.5), 1(±0.5):1(±0.5):10(±0.5), or 1(±0.5):2(±0.5):2(±0.5), 2(±0.5):1(±0.5):1(±0.5), or 1(±0.5):2(±0.5):1(±0.5), 1(±0.5):1(±0.5):2(±0.5).

As already indicated above, the pesticidal mixtures PM of the invention, in particular any one of the pesticidal mixtures of Tables 1 to 18, are suitable for use for protecting a plant selected from wheat, maize, barley, oat, rye, rice, soybean, cotton, sugarbeet, rapeseed, and potato against the attack or infestation by invertebrate pests and/or pythopathogenic fungi. In this regard, the pests and fungi as defined below are of particular relevance. Preferably, the plants are protected against attack or infestation of both, pests and fungi. The following preferred embodiments regarding invertebrate pests, pythopatogenic harmful fungi and plants in connection with the use of the pesticidal mixtures PM of the invention are to be understood as preferred on their own as well as preferably in combination with each other, and in combination with the preferred embodiments of the pesticidal mixture PM of the invention as defined above.

In one embodiment, the invertebrate pests are selected from the group consisting of aphids (P-1), diptera (P-2), leafhopper (P-3), thrips (P-4), whitefly (P-5), and combinations thereof. In one preferred embodiment, the invertebrate pests are selected from the group consisting of aphids (P-1), diptera (P-2), leafhopper (P-3), and combinations thereof. In another preferred embodiment, the invertebrate pests are aphids (P-1), thrips P-4) or a combination thereof. In one particularly preferred embodiment, the invertebrate pests are aphids (P-1). In another particularly preferred embodiment, the invertebrate pests are thrips (P-4).

In one embodiment, the phytopathogenic harmful fungi are selected from the group consisting of Pythium sp. (S-1), Fusarium sp. (S-2), Rhizoctonia sp. (S-3), Ustilago sp. (S-4), Tilletia sp. (S-5), Michrodochium sp. (S-6), Gaeumannomyces graminis (S-7), Aphanomyces cochlioides (S-8), Sclerotinia sp. (S-9), Phoma sp. (S-10), and combinations thereof, and are preferably selected from the group consisting of Pythium sp. (S-1), Fusarium sp. (S-2), Ustilago sp. (S-4), Tilletia sp. (S-5), Michrodochium sp. (S-6), Gaeumannomyces graminis (S-7), Aphanomyces cochlioides (S8), Sclerotinia sp. (S-9), Phoma sp. (S-10), and combinations thereof, and are more preferably Pythium sp. (S-1), Fusarium sp. (S-2), or Phoma sp. (S-10), or combinations thereof and are particularly preferably Phoma sp. (S-10).

Preferred Pythium species include P. ultimum and P. aphanidermatum.

Preferred Fusarium species include F. graminearum, F. culmorum, F. oxysporum, F. solani, F. tucumaniae, F. brasiliense, and F. verticillioides.

Preferred Rhizoctonia species include R. solani, and R. cerealis.

Preferred Ustilgao species include U. nuda, U. avaenae, and U. maydis.

Preferred Tilletia species include T. tritici, and T. controversa.

Preferred Michrodochium species include Michrodochium nivale.

Preferred Sclerotinia species include S. sclerotiorum, S. rolfsii, and S. sclerotiorum.

Preferred Phoma species include Phoma lingam and P. betae.

Phytopathogenic harmful fungi, which are of particular relevance in connection with potato (C-7), are selected from the group consisting of Phytophthora infestans, Alternaria solani, Rhizoctonia solani, Spongospora subterranea, Fusarium coeruleum, Synchytrium endobioticum, Helminthosporium solani, Fusarium oxysporum, and Colletotrichum coccodes.

Phytopathogenic harmful fungi, which are of particular relevance in connection with soybean (C-3), additionally include Phakopsora pachyrhizi and P. meibomiae (soybean rust). Thus, preferred phytopathogenic harmful fungi in connection with soybean preferably include S-1, S-2, S-3, Phakopsora pachyrhizi, and P. meibomiae, in particular, S-1, S-2, Phakopsora pachyrhizi, and P. meibomiae.

In one embodiment, the plant is selected from wheat (C-1a), maize (C-1b), barley (C-1c), oat (C1d), rye (C-1e), rice (C-2), soybean (C-3), cotton (C-4), sugarbeet (C-5), rapeseed (C-6), and potato (C-7). In a preferred embodiment, the plant is a cereal selected from wheat (C-1a), maize (C-1b), barley (C-1c), oat (C-1d), and rye (C-1e), and is preferably a cereal selected from maize (C1b), barley (C-1c), oat (C-1d), and rye (C-1e). In another preferred embodiment, the plant is soybean (C-3) or cotton (C-4).

In one particularly preferred embodiment, the plant is wheat (C-1a). In another particularly preferred embodiment, the plant is maize (C-1b). In another particularly preferred embodiment, the plant is barley (C-1c). In another particularly preferred embodiment, the plant is oat (C-1d). In another particularly preferred embodiment, the plant is rye (C-1e). In another particularly preferred embodiment, the plant is rice (C-2). In another particularly preferred embodiment, the plant is soybean (C-3). In another particularly preferred embodiment, the plant is cotton (C-4). In another particularly preferred embodiment, the plant is sugarbeet (C-5). In another particularly preferred embodiment, the plant is rapeseed (C-6). In another particularly preferred embodiment, the plant is potato (C-7).

Preference is given to the use of the pesticidal mixtures PM of the invention for the protection of a plant against the harmful pests and fungi according to one row of the following table U1.

TABLE U1 No plant pest fungi U1-1 C-1a P-1, P-2, P-3 S-1, S-2, S-3, S-4, S-5, S-6, S-7 U1-2 C-1b P-1, P-2, P-3 S-1, S-2, S-3, S-4, S-5, S-6, S-7 U1-3 C-1c P-1, P-2, P-3 S-1, S-2, S-3, S-4, S-5, S-6, S-7 U1-4 C-1d P-1, P-2, P-3 S-1, S-2, S-3, S-4, S-5, S-6, S-7 U1-5 C-1e P-1, P-2, P-3 S-1, S-2, S-3, S-4, S-5, S-6, S-7 U1-6 C-2 P-2 S-2, S-3 U1-7 C-3 P-1, P-2, P-4, P-5 S-1, S-2, S-3 U1-8 C-4 P-1, P-2, P-4, P-5 S-1, S-2, S-3 U1-9 C-5 P-1, P-2 S-1, S-2, S-3, S-8, S-9 U1-10 C-6 P-1, P-2 S-1, S-2, S-3, S-9, S-10 U1-11 C-7 P-1, P-3 S-2, S-3

More preferred is the use of the pesticidal mixtures PM of the invention for the protection of a plant against the harmful pests and fungi according to one row of the following table U2.

TABLE U2 No plant pest fungi U2-1 C-1a P-1, P-2, P-3 S-1, S-2, S-4, S-5, S-6, S-7 U2-2 C-1b P-1, P-2, P-3 S-1, S-2, S-4, S-5, S-6, S-7 U2-3 C-1c P-1, P-2, P-3 S-1, S-2, S-4, S-5, S-6, S-7 U2-4 C-1d P-1, P-2, P-3 S-1, S-2, S-4, S-5, S-6, S-7 U2-5 C-1e P-1, P-2, P-3 S-1, S-2, S-4, S-5, S-6, S-7 U2-6 C-2 P-2 S-2 U2-7 C-3 P-1, P-2, P-4, P-5 S-1, S-2 U2-8 C-4 P-1, P-2, P-4, P-5 S-1, S-2 U2-9 C-5 P-1, P-2 S-1, S-2, S-8, S-9 U2-10 C-6 P-1, P-2 S-1, S-2, S-9, S-10 U2-11 C-7 P-1, P-3 S-2

Particular preferred is the use of the pesticidal mixtures PM of the invention for the protection of a plant against the harmful pests and fungi according to one row of the following table V.

TABLE V No. plant pest fungi V-1 C-1a P-1 S-1 V-2 C-1a P-2 S-1 V-3 C-1a P-3 S-1 V-4 C-1a P-1 S-2 V-5 C-1a P-2 S-2 V-6 C-1a P-3 S-2 V-7 C-1a P-1 S-3 V-8 C-1a P-2 S-3 V-9 C-1a P-3 S-3 V-10 C-1a P-1 S-4 V-11 C-1a P-2 S-4 V-12 C-1a P-3 S-4 V-13 C-1a P-1 S-5 V-14 C-1a P-2 S-5 V-15 C-1a P-3 S-5 V-16 C-1a P-1 S-6 V-17 C-1a P-2 S-6 V-18 C-1a P-3 S-6 V-19 C-1a P-1 S-7 V-20 C-1a P-2 S-7 V-21 C-1a P-3 S-7 V-22 C-1b P-1 S-1 V-23 C-1b P-2 S-1 V-24 C-1b P-3 S-1 V-25 C-1b P-1 S-2 V-26 C-1b P-2 S-2 V-27 C-1b P-3 S-2 V-28 C-1b P-1 S-3 V-29 C-1b P-2 S-3 V-30 C-1b P-3 S-3 V-31 C-1b P-1 S-4 V-32 C-1b P-2 S-4 V-33 C-1b P-3 S-4 V-34 C-1b P-1 S-5 V-35 C-1b P-2 S-5 V-36 C-1b P-3 S-5 V-37 C-1b P-1 S-6 V-38 C-1b P-2 S-6 V-39 C-1b P-3 S-6 V-40 C-1b P-1 S-7 V-41 C-1b P-2 S-7 V-42 C-1b P-3 S-7 V-43 C-1c P-1 S-1 V-44 C-1c P-2 S-1 V-45 C-1c P-3 S-1 V-46 C-1c P-1 S-2 V-47 C-1c P-2 S-2 V-48 C-1c P-3 S-2 V-49 C-1c P-1 S-3 V-50 C-1c P-2 S-3 V-51 C-1c P-3 S-3 V-52 C-1c P-1 S-4 V-53 C-1c P-2 S-4 V-54 C-1c P-3 S-4 V-55 C-1c P-1 S-5 V-56 C-1c P-2 S-5 V-57 C-1c P-3 S-5 V-58 C-1c P-1 S-6 V-59 C-1c P-2 S-6 V-60 C-1c P-3 S-6 V-61 C-1c P-1 S-7 V-62 C-1c P-2 S-7 V-63 C-1c P-3 S-7 V-64 C-1d P-1 S-1 V-65 C-1d P-2 S-1 V-66 C-1d P-3 S-1 V-67 C-1d P-1 S-2 V-68 C-1d P-2 S-2 V-69 C-1d P-3 S-2 V-70 C-1d P-1 S-3 V-71 C-1d P-2 S-3 V-72 C-1d P-3 S-3 V-73 C-1d P-1 S-4 V-74 C-1d P-2 S-4 V-75 C-1d P-3 S-4 V-76 C-1d P-1 S-5 V-77 C-1d P-2 S-5 V-78 C-1d P-3 S-5 V-79 C-1d P-1 S-6 V-80 C-1d P-2 S-6 V-81 C-1d P-3 S-6 V-82 C-1d P-1 S-7 V-83 C-1d P-2 S-7 V-84 C-1d P-3 S-7 V-85 C-1e P-1 S-1 V-86 C-1e P-2 S-1 V-87 C-1e P-3 S-1 V-88 C-1e P-1 S-2 V-89 C-1e P-2 S-2 V-90 C-1e P-3 S-2 V-91 C-1e P-1 S-3 V-92 C-1e P-2 S-3 V-93 C-1e P-3 S-3 V-94 C-1e P-1 S-4 V-95 C-1e P-2 S-4 V-96 C-1e P-3 S-4 V-97 C-1e P-1 S-5 V-98 C-1e P-2 S-5 V-99 C-1e P-3 S-5 V-100 C-1e P-1 S-6 V-101 C-1e P-2 S-6 V-102 C-1e P-3 S-6 V-103 C-1e P-1 S-7 V-104 C-1e P-2 S-7 V-105 C-1e P-3 S-7 V-106 C-2 P-2 S-2 V-107 C-2 P-2 S-3 V-108 C-3 P-1 S-1 V-109 C-3 P-2 S-1 V-110 C-3 P-4 S-1 V-111 C-3 P-5 S-1 V-112 C-3 P-1 S-2 V-113 C-3 P-2 S-2 V-114 C-3 P-4 S-2 V-115 C-3 P-5 S-2 V-116 C-3 P-1 S-3 V-117 C-3 P-2 S-3 V-118 C-3 P-4 S-3 V-119 C-3 P-5 S-3 V-120 C-4 P-1 S-1 V-121 C-4 P-2 S-1 V-122 C-4 P-4 S-1 V-123 C-4 P-5 S-1 V-124 C-4 P-1 S-2 V-125 C-4 P-2 S-2 V-126 C-4 P-4 S-2 V-127 C-4 P-5 S-2 V-128 C-4 P-1 S-3 V-129 C-4 P-2 S-3 V-130 C-4 P-4 S-3 V-131 C-4 P-5 S-3 V-132 C-5 P-1 S-1 V-133 C-5 P-2 S-1 V-134 C-5 P-1 S-2 V-135 C-5 P-2 S-2 V-136 C-5 P-1 S-3 V-137 C-5 P-2 S-3 V-138 C-5 P-1 S-8 V-139 C-5 P-2 S-8 V-140 C-5 P-1 S-9 V-141 C-5 P-2 S-9 V-142 C-6 P-1 S-1 V-143 C-6 P-2 S-1 V-144 C-6 P-1 S-2 V-145 C-6 P-2 S-2 V-146 C-6 P-1 S-3 V-147 C-6 P-2 S-3 V-148 C-6 P-1 S-9 V-149 C-6 P-2 S-9 V-150 C-6 P-1 S-10 V-151 C-6 P-2 S-10 V-152 C-7 P-1 S-2 V-153 C-7 P-1 S-3 V-154 C-7 P-3 S-2 V-155 C-7 P-3 S-3

As indicated in the above tables U1, U2, and V, thrips are of particular importance as harmful pests on soybean and cotton. Therefore, the present invention also relates in one embodiment to the use of the pesticidal mixtures PM of the invention for the protection of cotton against thrips (P-4) and preferably also against the harmful fungi S-1 and S-2. Furthermore, the present invention relates in one embodiment to the use of the pesticidal mixtures PM of the invention for the protection of soybean against thrips (P-4) and preferably also against at least one of the harmful fungi selected from S-1, S-2, Phakopsora pachyrhizi, and P. meibomiae (soybean rust). In one preferred embodiment, the present invention relates to the use of the pesticidal mixtures PM of the invention for the protection of soybean against thrips (P-4) and preferably also against at least one of the harmful fungi selected from S-1, and S-2. In another preferred embodiment, the present invention relates to the use of the pesticidal mixtures PM of the invention for the protection of soybean against thrips (P-4) and preferably also against at least one of the harmful fungi selected from Phakopsora pachyrhizi, and P. meibomiae (soybean rust).

In one preferred embodiment of said use, the phytopathogenic fungus is Phakopsora pachyrhizi.

In another preferred embodiment of said use, the phytopathogenic fungus is P. meibomiae (soybean rust).

Furthermore, aphids are of particular importance as harmful pests on most plants, in particular on cereals. Therefore, the present invention also relates in one embodiment to the use of the pesticidal mixtures PM of the invention for the protection of cereals selected from C-1a, C-1b, C1c, C-1d, and C-1e, preferably from C-1b, C-1c, C-1d, and C-1e against aphids (P-1) and preferably also against at least one of the harmful fungi selected from S-1, S-2, S-4, S-5, S-6, and S-7.

Moreover, aphids and leafhoppers, in particular leafhoppers, are of particular relevance on potatoes. Furthermore, potatoes are particularly susceptible to phytopathogenic harmful fungi including Phytophthora infestans, Alternaria solani, Rhizoctonia solani, Spongospora subterranea, Fusarium coeruleum, Synchytrium endobioticum, Helminthosporium solani, Fusarium oxysporum, and Colletotrichum coccodes. Therefore the present invention also relates in one embodiment to the use of the pesticidal mixtures PM of the present invention for the protection of potatoes against aphids and/or leafhoppers and against one or more phytopathogenic harmful fungi selected from the group consisting of Phytophthora infestans, Alternaria solani, Rhizoctonia solani, Spongospora subterranea, Fusarium coeruleum, Synchytrium endobioticum, Helminthosporium solani, Fusarium oxysporum, and Colletotrichum coccodes.

In one preferred embodiment of said use, the phytopathogenic fungis is Phytophthora infestans.

In another preferred embodiment of said use, the phytopathogenic fungus is Alternaria solani.

In another preferred embodiment of said use, the phytopathogenic fungus is Rhizoctonia solani.

In another preferred embodiment of said use, the phytopathogenic fungus is Spongospora subterranea.

In another preferred embodiment of said use, the phytopathogenic fungus is Fusarium coeruleum.

In another preferred embodiment of said use, the phytopathogenic fungus is Synchytrium endobioticum.

In another preferred embodiment of said use, the phytopathogenic fungus is Helminthosporium solani.

In another preferred embodiment of said use, the phytopathogenic fungus is Fusarium oxysporum.

In another preferred embodiment of said use, the phytopathogenic fungus is Colletotrichum coccodes.

It is emphasized that not only the pesticidal mixtures PM of the present invention are suitable for the above uses in connection with potatoes, but also binary mixtures comprising a compound of formula I as defined above and a fungicide III as defined above.

As already indicated above, the present invention also relates to a seed treatment composition comprising a pesticidal mixture PM of the invention, in particular any one of the pesticidal mixtures listed in Tables 1 to 18, and at least one auxiliary, wherein the auxiliary is preferably selected from the group consisting of surfactants, antifreezing agents, binders, and pigments, and is particularly preferably a surfactant or a binder.

In a preferred embodiment, the seed treatment composition of the pesticidal mixture PM is in the form of a flowable concentrate FS, a solution LS, a powder for dry treatment DS, a water dispersible powder for slurry treatment WS, a water-soluble powder SS, an emulsion ES or EC, or a gel formulation, and is preferably in the form of a flowable concentrate FS.

The sead treatment compositions of the pesticidal mixtures PM are suitable for the same uses as defined above, with particular preference to the uses defined in tables U1, U2, and V.

Furthermore, the sead treatment compositions of the pesticidal mixtures PM may be applied in the method for controlling invertebrate pests and pythopathogenic harmful fungi as defined below.

The present invention also relates to seeds comprising a pesticidal mixture PM of the invention, in particular any one of the pesticidal mixtures listed in Tables 1 to 18, or a seed treatment composition thereof in an amount of from 0.01 g to 10000 g per 100 kg of seeds.

It is noted that the amount per 100 kg seeds is based on the weight of the pesticidal mixture PM irrespective of whether it is referred to the pesticidal mixture PM or the seed treatment composition thereof.

Preferred seeds are seeds selected from wheat, maize, barley, oat, rye, rice, soybean, cotton, sugarbeet, rapeseed, and potato, in particular from wheat, maize, barley, soybean, cotton, and rapeseed.

The present invention also relates to a method for controlling invertebrate pests and/or phytopathogenic harmful fungi on a plant selected from wheat, maize, barley, oat, rye, rice, soybean, cotton, sugarbeet, rapeseed, and potato comprising contacting the plant or the plant propagation material; the pest or its food supply, habitat or breeding ground; and/or the fungi or their habitat, with an effective amount of a pesticidal mixture PM as defined above, in particular any one of the pesticidal mixtures of Tables 1 to 18, or a seed treatment composition thereof.

Preferably, the method is suitable for both, controlling invertebrate pests and pythopathogenic harmful fungi. Furthermore, preference is given to plants, pests, and fungi as defined above, and in particular to the plant-pest-fungi correlations provided in the rows of tables U1, U2, and V.

The pesticidal mixtures A, B, C, D, E, and F are described hereinafter.

In one embodiment, the present invention therefore relates to a pesticidal mixture A, which comprises as component A1) at least one compound of formula I, which is selected from the compounds I-1 to I-18, and as component A2) tioxazafen.

Thus, the pesticidal mixtures A according to one row of the following table MA and being refereed to as pesticidal mixtures A-MA-1 to A-MA-18 are preferred.

TABLE MA No. A1) A2) MA-1 I-1 tioxazafen MA-2 I-2 tioxazafen MA-3 I-3 tioxazafen MA-4 I-4 tioxazafen MA-5 I-5 tioxazafen MA-6 I-6 tioxazafen MA-7 I-7 tioxazafen MA-8 I-8 tioxazafen MA-9 I-9 tioxazafen MA-10 I-10 tioxazafen MA-11 I-11 tioxazafen MA-12 I-12 tioxazafen MA-13 I-13 tioxazafen MA-14 I-14 tioxazafen MA-15 I-15 tioxazafen MA-16 I-16 tioxazafen MA-17 I-17 tioxazafen MA-18 I-18 tioxazafen

Preferred weight ratio ranges of component A1) to component A2) are in the range of from 100:1 to 1:100, more preferably 10:1 to 1:10, e.g. from 2:1 to 1:2. It can be preferred that an excess of component A1) compared to component A2) is used. It can also be preferred that an excess of component A2) compared to component A1) is used. In principal, the amounts of component A1) and A2) are selected as such that a synergistic effect in terms of the insecticidal activity can be observed.

In a preferred embodiment, the pesticidal mixtures A, in particular the pesticidal mixtures AMA-1 to A-MA-18, are binary mixtures, which means that the mixtures do not comprise a further pesticidally active compound.

In another preferred embodiment, the pesticidal mixtures A, in particular the pesticidal mixtures A-MA-1 to A-MA-18, may comprise one further pesticide in addition to components A1) and A2).

If a pesticidal mixture A comprises a further pesticide, said pesticide is preferably not a Ryanodine receptor-modulator from the class of diamide compounds. Preferably, said further pesticide is not an anthranilamide compound. In particular, said further pesticide is not a compound selected from M.28.5a) N-[4,6-dichloro-2-[(diethyl-lambda-4-sulfanylidene)carbamoyl]-phenyl]-2-(3-chloro-2-pyridyl)-5-(trifluoromethyl)pyrazole-3-carboxamide; M.28.5b) N-[4-chloro-2-[(diethyl-lambda-4-sulfanylidene)carbamoyl]-6-methyl-phenyl]-2-(3-chloro-2-pyridyl)-5-(trifluoromethyl)pyrazole-3-carboxamide; M.28.5c) N-[4-chloro-2-[(di-2-propyl-lambda-4-sulfanylidene)carbamoyl]-6-methyl-phenyl]-2-(3-chloro-2-pyridyl)-5-(trifluoromethyl)pyrazole-3-carboxamide; M.28.5d) N-[4,6-dichloro-2-[(di-2-propyl-lambda-4-sulfanylidene)carbamoyl]-phenyl]-2-(3-chloro-2-pyridyl)-5-(trifluoromethyl)pyrazole-3-carboxamide; and M.28.5h) N-[4,6-dibromo-2-[(diethyl-lambda-4-sulfanylidene)carbamoyl]-phenyl]-2-(3-chloro-2-pyridyl)-5-(trifluoromethyl)pyrazole-3-carboxamide.

In another embodiment, the present invention relates to a pesticidal mixture B, which comprises as component B1) at least one compound of formula I, which is selected from the compounds I-1 to 1-18, and as component B2) tetraniliprole.

Thus, the pesticidal mixtures B according to one row of the following table MB and being referred to as pesticidal mixtures B-MB-1 to B-MB-18 are preferred.

TABLE MB No. B1) B2) MB-1 I-1 tetraniliprole MB-2 I-2 tetraniliprole MB-3 I-3 tetraniliprole MB-4 I-4 tetraniliprole MB-5 I-5 tetraniliprole MB-6 I-6 tetraniliprole MB-7 I-7 tetraniliprole MB-8 I-8 tetraniliprole MB-9 I-9 tetraniliprole MB-10 I-10 tetraniliprole MB-11 I-11 tetraniliprole MB-12 I-12 tetraniliprole MB-13 I-13 tetraniliprole MB-14 I-14 tetraniliprole MB-15 I-15 tetraniliprole MB-16 I-16 tetraniliprole MB-17 I-17 tetraniliprole MB-18 I-18 tetraniliprole

Preferred weight ratio ranges of component B1) to component B2) are in the range of from 100:1 to 1:100, more preferably 10:1 to 1:10, e.g. from 2:1 to 1:2. It can be preferred that an excess of component B1) compared to component B2) is used. It can also be preferred that an excess of component B2) compared to component B1) is used. Preferably, the amounts of component B1) and B2) are selected as such that a synergistic effect in terms of the insecticidal activity can be observed.

In a preferred embodiment, the pesticidal mixtures B, in particular the pesticidal mixtures B-MB-1 to B-MB-18, are binary mixtures, which means that the mixtures do not comprise a further pesticidally active compound.

In another preferred embodiment, the pesticidal mixtures B, in particular the pesticidal mixtures B-MB-1 to B-MB-18, may comprise one further pesticide in addition to components B1) and B2). If a pesticidal mixture B comprises a further pesticide, said pesticide is preferably not a Ryanodine receptor-modulator from the class of diamide compounds. Preferably, said further pesticide is not an anthranilamide compound. In particular, said further pesticide is not a compound selected from M.28.5a) N-[4,6-dichloro-2-[(diethyl-lambda-4-sulfanylidene)carbamoyl]-phenyl]-2-(3-chloro-2-pyridyl)-5-(trifluoromethyl)pyrazole-3-carboxamide; M.28.5b) N-[4-chloro-2-[(diethyl-lambda-4-sulfanylidene)carbamoyl]-6-methyl-phenyl]-2-(3-chloro-2-pyridyl)-5-(trifluoromethyl)pyrazole-3-carboxamide; M.28.5c) N-[4-chloro-2-[(di-2-propyl-lambda-4-sulfanylidene)carbamoyl]-6-methyl-phenyl]-2-(3-chloro-2-pyridyl)-5-(trifluoromethyl)pyrazole-3-carboxamide; M.28.5d) N-[4,6-dichloro-2-[(di-2-propyl-lambda-4-sulfanylidene)carbamoyl]-phenyl]-2-(3-chloro-2-pyridyl)-5-(trifluoromethyl)pyrazole-3-carboxamide; and M.28.5h) N-[4,6-dibromo-2-[(diethyl-lambda-4-sulfanylidene)carbamoyl]-phenyl]-2-(3-chloro-2-pyridyl)-5-(trifluoromethyl)pyrazole-3-carboxamide.

In another embodiment, the present invention relates to a pesticidal mixture C, which comprises as component C1) at least one compound of formula I, which is selected from the compounds I-1 to 1-18, and as component C2) broflanilide.

Thus, the pesticidal mixtures C according to one row of the following table MC and being referred to as pesticidal mixtures C-MC-1 to C-MC-18 are preferred.

TABLE MC No. C1) C2) MC-1 I-1 broflanilide MC-2 I-2 broflanilide MC-3 I-3 broflanilide MC-4 I-4 broflanilide MC-5 I-5 broflanilide MC-6 I-6 broflanilide MC-7 I-7 broflanilide MC-8 I-8 broflanilide MC-9 I-9 broflanilide MC-10 I-10 broflanilide MC-11 I-11 broflanilide MC-12 I-12 broflanilide MC-13 I-13 broflanilide MC-14 I-14 broflanilide MC-15 I-15 broflanilide MC-16 I-16 broflanilide MC-17 I-17 broflanilide MC-18 I-18 broflanilide

Preferred weight ratio ranges of component C1) to component C2) are in the range of from 100:1 to 1:100, more preferably 10:1 to 1:10, e.g. from 2:1 to 1:2. It can be preferred that an excess of component C1) compared to component C2) is used. It can also be preferred that an excess of component C2) compared to component C1) is used. Preferably, the amounts of component C1) and C2) are selected as such that a synergistic effect in terms of the insecticidal activity can be observed.

In a preferred embodiment, the pesticidal mixtures C, in particular the pesticidal mixtures CMC-1 to C-MC-18, are binary mixtures.

In another preferred embodiment, the pesticidal mixtures C, in particular the pesticidal mixtures C-MC-1 to C-MC-18, may comprise one further pesticide in addition to components C1) and C2).

For example, the pesticidal mixtures C, in particular the pesticidal mixtures C-MC-1 to C-MC-18, may in one embodiment additionally comprise at least one fungicide III as defined above in table III, i.e. at least one fungicide III selected from the fungicides III-1 to III-33.

In one embodiment, the invention relates to mixtures C-MC-1, which additionally comprise at least one fungicide selected from the fungicides III-1 to III-33, the individual mixtures being referred to as C-MC-1-III-1 to C-MC-1-III-33.

In another embodiment, the invention relates to mixtures C-MC-2, which additionally comprise at least one fungicide selected from the fungicides III-1 to III-33, the individual mixtures being referred to as C-MC-2-III-1 to C-MC-2-III-33.

In another embodiment, the invention relates to mixtures C-MC-3, which additionally comprise at least one fungicide selected from the fungicides III-1 to III-33, the individual mixtures being referred to as C-MC-3-III-1 to C-MC-3-III-33.

In another embodiment, the invention relates to mixtures C-MC-4, which additionally comprise at least one fungicide selected from the fungicides III-1 to III-33, the individual mixtures being referred to as C-MC-4-III-1 to C-MC-4-III-33.

In another embodiment, the invention relates to mixtures C-MC-5, which additionally comprise at least one fungicide selected from the fungicides III-1 to III-33, the individual mixtures being referred to as C-MC-5-III-1 to C-MC-5-III-33.

In another embodiment, the invention relates to mixtures C-MC-6, which additionally comprise at least one fungicide selected from the fungicides III-1 to III-33, the individual mixtures being referred to as C-MC-6-III-1 to C-MC-6-III-33.

In another embodiment, the invention relates to mixtures C-MC-7, which additionally comprise at least one fungicide selected from the fungicides III-1 to III-33, the individual mixtures being referred to as C-MC-7-III-1 to C-MC-7-III-33.

In another embodiment, the invention relates to mixtures C-MC-8, which additionally comprise at least one fungicide selected from the fungicides III-1 to III-33, the individual mixtures being referred to as C-MC-8-III-1 to C-MC-8-III-33.

In another embodiment, the invention relates to mixtures C-MC-9, which additionally comprise at least one fungicide selected from the fungicides III-1 to III-33, the individual mixtures being referred to as C-MC-9-III-1 to C-MC-9-III-33.

In another embodiment, the invention relates to mixtures C-MC-10, which additionally comprise at least one fungicide selected from the fungicides III-1 to III-33, the individual mixtures being referred to as C-MC-10-III-1 to C-MC-10-III-33.

In another embodiment, the invention relates to mixtures C-MC-11, which additionally comprise at least one fungicide selected from the fungicides III-1 to III-33, the individual mixtures being referred to as C-MC-11-III-1 to C-MC-11-III-33.

In another embodiment, the invention relates to mixtures C-MC-12, which additionally comprise at least one fungicide selected from the fungicides III-1 to III-33, the individual mixtures being referred to as C-MC-12-III-1 to C-MC-12-III-33.

In another embodiment, the invention relates to mixtures C-MC-13, which additionally comprise at least one fungicide selected from the fungicides III-1 to III-33, the individual mixtures being referred to as C-MC-13-III-1 to C-MC-13-III-33.

In another embodiment, the invention relates to mixtures C-MC-14, which additionally comprise at least one fungicide selected from the fungicides III-1 to III-33, the individual mixtures being referred to as C-MC-14-III-1 to C-MC-14-III-33.

In another embodiment, the invention relates to mixtures C-MC-15, which additionally comprise at least one fungicide selected from the fungicides III-1 to III-33, the individual mixtures being referred to as C-MC-15-III-1 to C-MC-15-III-33.

In another embodiment, the invention relates to mixtures C-MC-16, which additionally comprise at least one fungicide selected from the fungicides III-1 to III-33, the individual mixtures being referred to as C-MC-16-III-1 to C-MC-16-III-33.

In another embodiment, the invention relates to mixtures C-MC-17, which additionally comprise at least one fungicide selected from the fungicides III-1 to III-33, the individual mixtures being referred to as C-MC-17-III-1 to C-MC-17-III-33.

In another embodiment, the invention relates to mixtures C-MC-18, which additionally comprise at least one fungicide selected from the fungicides III-1 to III-33, the individual mixtures being referred to as C-MC-18-III-1 to C-MC-18-III-33.

Furthermore, the pesticidal mixtures C, in particular the pesticidal mixtures C-MC-1 to C-MC-18, may in one embodiment additionally comprise at least one insecticide II as defined above in table II, i.e. at least one insecticide II selected from the insecticides II-1 to II-20, or II-21 to II-24.

In one embodiment, the invention relates to mixtures C-MC-1, which additionally comprise at least one insecticide selected from insecticides II-1 to II-20, or II-21 to II-24, the individual mixtures being referred to as C-MC-1-II-1 to C-MC-1-II-20, and C-MC-1-II-21 to C-MC-1-II-24, resp.

In one embodiment, the invention relates to mixtures C-MC-2, which additionally comprise at least one insecticide selected from insecticides II-1 to II-20, or II-21 to II-24, the individual mixtures being referred to as C-MC-2-III-1 to C-MC-2-III-20, and C-MC-2-III-21 to C-MC-2-III-24, resp.

In one embodiment, the invention relates to mixtures C-MC-3, which additionally comprise at least one insecticide selected from insecticides II-1 to II-20, or II-21 to II-24, the individual mixtures being referred to as C-MC-3-III-1 to C-MC-3-III-20, and C-MC-3-III-21 to C-MC-3-III-24, resp.

In one embodiment, the invention relates to mixtures C-MC-4, which additionally comprise at least one insecticide selected from insecticides II-1 to II-20, or II-21 to II-24, the individual mixtures being referred to as C-MC-4-III-1 to C-MC-4-III-20, and C-MC-4-II-21 to C-MC-4-II-24, resp.

In one embodiment, the invention relates to mixtures C-MC-5, which additionally comprise at least one insecticide selected from insecticides II-1 to II-20, or II-21 to II-24, the individual mixtures being referred to as C-MC-5-III-1 to C-MC-5-III-20, and C-MC-5-III-21 to C-MC-5-III-24, resp.

In one embodiment, the invention relates to mixtures C-MC-6, which additionally comprise at least one insecticide selected from insecticides II-1 to II-20, or II-21 to II-24, the individual mixtures being referred to as C-MC-6-III-1 to C-MC-6-III-20, and C-MC-6-III-21 to C-MC-6-III-24, resp.

In one embodiment, the invention relates to mixtures C-MC-7, which additionally comprise at least one insecticide selected from insecticides II-1 to II-20, or II-21 to II-24, the individual mixtures being referred to as C-MC-7-II-1 to C-MC-7-III-20, and C-MC-7-II-21 to C-MC-7-II-24, resp.

In one embodiment, the invention relates to mixtures C-MC-8, which additionally comprise at least one insecticide selected from insecticides II-1 to II-20, or II-21 to II-24, the individual mixtures being referred to as C-MC-8-III-1 to C-MC-8-III-20, and C-MC-8-III-21 to C-MC-8-III-24, resp.

In one embodiment, the invention relates to mixtures C-MC-9, which additionally comprise at least one insecticide selected from insecticides II-1 to II-20, or II-21 to II-24, the individual mixtures being referred to as C-MC-9-III-1 to C-MC-9-III-20, and C-MC-9-III-21 to C-MC-9-III-24, resp.

In one embodiment, the invention relates to mixtures C-MC-10, which additionally comprise at least one insecticide selected from insecticides II-1 to II-20, or II-21 to II-24, the individual mixtures being referred to as C-MC-10-II-1 to C-MC-10-II-20, and C-MC-10-II-21 to C-MC-10-II-24, resp.

In one embodiment, the invention relates to mixtures C-MC-11, which additionally comprise at least one insecticide selected from insecticides II-1 to II-20, or II-21 to II-24, the individual mixtures being referred to as C-MC-12-II-1 to C-MC-11-II-20, and C-MC-11-II-21 to C-MC-11-III-24, resp.

In one embodiment, the invention relates to mixtures C-MC-12, which additionally comprise at least one insecticide selected from insecticides II-1 to II-20, or II-21 to II-24, the individual mixtures being referred to as C-MC-12-II-1 to C-MC-12-II-20, and C-MC-12-II-21 to C-MC-12-II-24, resp.

In one embodiment, the invention relates to mixtures C-MC-13, which additionally comprise at least one insecticide selected from insecticides II-1 to II-20, or II-21 to II-24, the individual mixtures being referred to as C-MC-13-II-1 to C-MC-13-II-20, and C-MC-13-II-21 to C-MC-13-II-24, resp.

In one embodiment, the invention relates to mixtures C-MC-14, which additionally comprise at least one insecticide selected from insecticides II-1 to II-20, or II-21 to II-24, the individual mixtures being referred to as C-MC-14-II-1 to C-MC-14-III-20, and C-MC-14-III-21 to C-MC-14-II-24, resp.

In one embodiment, the invention relates to mixtures C-MC-15, which additionally comprise at least one insecticide selected from insecticides II-1 to II-20, or II-21 to II-24, the individual mixtures being referred to as C-MC-15-II-1 to C-MC-15-II-20, and C-MC-15-II-21 to C-MC-15-II-24, resp.

In one embodiment, the invention relates to mixtures C-MC-16, which additionally comprise at least one insecticide selected from insecticides II-1 to II-20, or II-21 to II-24, the individual mixtures being referred to as C-MC-16-II-1 to C-MC-16-II-20, and C-MC-16-II-21 to C-MC-16-II-24, resp.

In one embodiment, the invention relates to mixtures C-MC-17, which additionally comprise at least one insecticide selected from insecticides II-1 to II-20, or II-21 to II-24, the individual mixtures being referred to as C-MC-17-II-1 to C-MC-17-II-20, and C-MC-17-II-21 to C-MC-17-II-24, resp.

In one embodiment, the invention relates to mixtures C-MC-18, which additionally comprise at least one insecticide selected from insecticides II-1 to II-20, or II-21 to II-24, the individual mixtures being referred to as C-MC-18-II-1 to C-MC-18-II-20, and C-MC-18-II-21 to C-MC-18-II-24, resp.

With regard to preferred uses, methods, seed treatment compositions, and seeds in connection with the above defined mixtures A, B, C, D, E, and F reference is made to the preferred embodiments defined in connection with the pesticidal mixtures PM, in particular the preferences in terms of pests, fungi and plants, especially the preferences provided in tables U1, U2, and V.

With regard to all the pesticidal mixtures defined herein, i.e. pesticidal mixture PM as well as pesticidal mixtures A, B, C, D, E, and F, the following embodiments are additionally preferred.

When it is in the following referred to the “mixture(s) of the present invention” or “mixture(s) according to the invention”, these terms are intended to refer to each pesticidal mixture PM, A, B, C, D, E, and F individually.

The mixtures of the present invention may be combined and applied in agriculture in mixture with other active ingredients, for example with other pesticides, insecticides, nematicides, fungicides, herbicides, safeners, fertilizers such as ammonium nitrate, urea, potash, and superphosphate, phytotoxicants and plant growth regulators.

These additional ingredients may be used sequentially or in combination with the mixtures of the invention, if appropriate also added only immediately prior to use (tank mix). For example, the plant(s) may be sprayed with a mixture of this invention either before or after being treated with other active ingredients.

The invention also relates to agrochemical compositions comprising an auxiliary and at least one mixture of the present invention.

An agrochemical composition comprises a pesticidally effective amount of a mixture of the present invention. The term “pesticidally effective amount” is defined below.

The mixtures of the present invention can be converted into customary types of agro-chemical compositions, e. g. solutions, emulsions, suspensions, dusts, powders, pastes, granules, pressings, capsules, and mixtures thereof. Examples for composition types are suspensions (e.g. SC, OD, FS), emulsifiable concentrates (e.g. EC), emulsions (e.g. EW, EO, ES, ME), capsules (e.g. CS, ZC), pastes, pastilles, wettable powders or dusts (e.g. WP, SP, WS, DP, DS), pressings (e.g. BR, TB, DT), granules (e.g. WG, SG, GR, FG, GG, MG), insecticidal articles (e.g. LN), as well as gel formulations for the treatment of plant propagation materials such as seeds (e.g. GF). These and further compositions types are defined in the “Catalogue of pesticide formulation types and international coding system”, Technical Mono-graph No. 2, 6th Ed. May 2008, CropLife International.

The compositions are prepared in a known manner, such as described by Mollet and Grubemann, Formulation technology, Wiley VCH, Weinheim, 2001; or Knowles, New developments in crop protection product formulation, Agrow Reports DS243, T&F Informa, London, 2005.

Examples for suitable auxiliaries are solvents, liquid carriers, solid carriers or fillers, surfac-tants, dispersants, emulsifiers, wetters, adjuvants, solubilizers, penetration enhancers, protec-tive colloids, adhesion agents, thickeners, humectants, repellents, attractants, feeding stimu-lants, compatibilizers, bactericides, anti-freezing agents, anti-foaming agents, colorants, tackifi-ers and binders.

Suitable solvents and liquid carriers are water and organic solvents, such as mineral oil fractions of medium to high boiling point, e.g. kerosene, diesel oil; oils of vegetable or animal origin; aliphatic, cyclic and aromatic hydrocarbons, e. g. toluene, paraffin, tetrahydronaphthalene, alkylated naphthalenes; alcohols, e.g. ethanol, propanol, butanol, benzylalcohol, cyclo¬hexanol; glycols; DMSO; ketones, e.g. cyclohexanone; esters, e.g. lactates, carbonates, fatty acid esters, gamma-butyrolactone; fatty acids; phosphonates; amines; amides, e.g. N-methylpyrrolidone, fatty acid dimethylamides; and mixtures thereof.

Suitable solid carriers or fillers are mineral earths, e.g. silicates, silica gels, talc, kaolins, limestone, lime, chalk, clays, dolomite, diatomaceous earth, bentonite, calcium sulfate, magnesium sulfate, magnesium oxide; polysaccharide powders, e.g. cellulose, starch; fertilizers, e.g. ammonium sulfate, ammonium phosphate, ammonium nitrate, ureas; products of vegetable origin, e.g. cereal meal, tree bark meal, wood meal, nutshell meal, and mixtures thereof.

Suitable surfactants are surface-active compounds, such as anionic, cationic, nonionic and amphoteric surfactants, block polymers, polyelectrolytes, and mixtures thereof. Such surfactants can be used as emusifier, dispersant, solubilizer, wetter, penetration enhancer, protective colloid, or adjuvant. Examples of surfactants are listed in McCutcheon's, Vol. 1: Emulsifiers & Detergents, McCutcheon's Directories, Glen Rock, USA, 2008 (International Ed. or North American Ed.).

Suitable anionic surfactants are alkali, alkaline earth or ammonium salts of sulfonates, sul-fates, phosphates, carboxylates, and mixtures thereof. Examples of sulfonates are alkylaryl-sulfonates, diphenylsulfonates, alpha-olefin sulfonates, lignine sulfonates, sulfonates of fatty acids and oils, sulfonates of ethoxylated alkylphenols, sulfonates of alkoxylated arylphenols, sulfonates of condensed naphthalenes, sulfonates of dodecyl- and tridecylbenzenes, sulfonates of naphthalenes and alkyl¬naphthalenes, sulfosuccinates or sulfosuccinamates. Examples of sulfates are sulfates of fatty acids and oils, of ethoxylated alkylphenols, of alcohols, of ethox-ylated alcohols, or of fatty acid esters. Examples of phosphates are phosphate esters. Exam-ples of carboxylates are alkyl carboxylates, and carboxylated alcohol or alkylphenol eth-oxylates.

Suitable nonionic surfactants are alkoxylates, N-substituted fatty acid amides, amine oxides, esters, sugar-based surfactants, polymeric surfactants, and mixtures thereof. Examples of alkoxylates are compounds such as alcohols, alkylphenols, amines, amides, arylphenols, fatty acids or fatty acid esters which have been alkoxylated with 1 to 50 equivalents. Ethylene oxide and/or propylene oxide may be employed for the alkoxylation, preferably ethylene oxide. Examples of N-substituted fatty acid amides are fatty acid glucamides or fatty acid alkanolamides.

Examples of esters are fatty acid esters, glycerol esters or monoglycerides. Examples of sugar-based surfactants are sorbitans, ethoxylated sorbitans, sucrose and glucose esters or alkylpolyglucosides. Examples of polymeric surfactants are homo- or copolymers of vinylpyrrolidone, vinylalcohols, or vinylacetate.

Suitable cationic surfactants are quaternary surfactants, for example quaternary ammonium compounds with one or two hydrophobic groups, or salts of long-chain primary amines. Suitable amphoteric surfactants are alkylbetains and imidazolines. Suitable block polymers are block polymers of the A-B or A-B-A type comprising blocks of polyethylene oxide and polypropylene oxide, or of the A-B-C type comprising alkanol, polyethylene oxide and polypropylene oxide.

Suitable polyelectrolytes are polyacids or polybases. Examples of polyacids are alkali salts of polyacrylic acid or polyacid comb polymers. Examples of polybases are polyvinylamines or polyethyleneamines.

Suitable adjuvants are compounds, which have a neglectable or even no pesticidal activity themselves, and which improve the biological performance of the mixtures of the present invention on the target. Examples are surfactants, mineral or vegetable oils, and other auxiliaries.

Further examples are listed by Knowles, Adjuvants and additives, Agrow Reports DS256, T&F Informa UK, 2006, chapter 5.

Suitable thickeners are polysaccharides (e.g. xanthan gum, carboxymethylcellulose), anorganic clays (organically modified or unmodified), polycarboxylates, and silicates.

Suitable bactericides are bronopol and isothiazolinone derivatives such as alkylisothiazoli-nones and benzisothiazolinones.

Suitable anti-freezing agents are ethylene glycol, propylene glycol, urea and glycerin.

Suitable anti-foaming agents are silicones, long chain alcohols, and salts of fatty acids.

Suitable colorants (e.g. in red, blue, or green) are pigments of low water solubility and water-soluble dyes. Examples are inorganic colorants (e.g. iron oxide, titan oxide, iron hexacyanoferrate) and organic colorants (e.g. alizarin-, azo- and phthalocyanine colorants).

Suitable tackifiers or binders are polyvinylpyrrolidons, polyvinylacetates, polyvinyl alcohols, polyacrylates, biological or synthetic waxes, and cellulose ethers.

Examples for composition types and their preparation are:

i) Water-Soluble Concentrates (SL, LS)

10-60 wt % of the mixture according to the invention and 5-15 wt % wetting agent (e.g. alcohol alkoxylates) are dissolved in water and/or in a water-soluble solvent (e.g. alcohols) up to 100 wt %. The active substance dissolves upon dilution with water.

ii) Dispersible Concentrates (DC)

5-25 wt % of the mixture according to the invention and 1-10 wt % dispersant (e. g. polyvinylpyrrolidone) are dissolved in up to 100 wt % organic solvent (e.g. cyclohexanone). Dilution with water gives a dispersion.

iii) Emulsifiable Concentrates (EC)

15-70 wt % of the mixture according to the invention and 5-10 wt % emulsifiers (e.g. calcium dodecylbenzenesulfonate and castor oil ethoxylate) are dissolved in up to 100 wt % water-insoluble organic solvent (e.g. aromatic hydrocarbon). Dilution with water gives an emulsion.

iv) Emulsions (EW, EO, ES)

5-40 wt % of the mixture according to the invention and 1-10 wt % emulsifiers (e.g. calcium dodecylbenzenesulfonate and castor oil ethoxylate) are dissolved in 20-40 wt % water-insoluble organic solvent (e.g. aromatic hydrocarbon). This mixture is introduced into up to 100 wt % water by means of an emulsifying machine and made into a homogeneous emulsion. Dilution with water gives an emulsion.

v) Suspensions (SC, OD, FS)

In an agitated ball mill, 20-60 wt % of the mixture according to the invention are comminuted with addition of 2-10 wt % dispersants and wetting agents (e.g. sodium lignosulfonate and alcohol ethoxylate), 0, 1-2 wt % thickener (e.g. xanthan gum) and up to 100 wt % water to give a fine active substance suspension. Dilution with water gives a stable suspension of the active sub-stance. For FS type composition up to 40 wt % binder (e.g. polyvinylalcohol) is added.

vi) Water-Dispersible Granules and Water-Soluble Granules (WG, SG)

50-80 wt % of the mixture according to the invention are ground finely with addition of up to 100 wt % dispersants and wetting agents (e.g. sodium lignosulfonate and alcohol ethoxylate) and prepared as water-dispersible or water-soluble granules by means of technical appliances (e. g. extrusion, spray tower, fluidized bed). Dilution with water gives a stable dispersion or solution of the active substance.

vii) Water-Dispersible Powders and Water-Soluble Powders (WP, SP, WS)

50-80 wt % of the mixture according to the invention are ground in a rotor-stator mill with addition of 1-5 wt % dispersants (e.g. sodium lignosulfonate), 1-3 wt % wetting agents (e.g. alcohol ethoxylate) and up to 100 wt % solid carrier, e.g. silica gel. Dilution with water gives a stable dispersion or solution of the active substance.

viii) Gel (GW, GF)

In an agitated ball mill, 5-25 wt % of the mixture according to the invention are comminuted with addition of 3-10 wt % dispersants (e.g. sodium lignosulfonate), 1-5 wt % thickener (e.g. carboxymethylcellulose) and up to 100 wt % water to give a fine suspension of the active sub-stance. Dilution with water gives a stable suspension of the active substance.

ix) Microemulsion (ME)

5-20 wt % of the mixture according to the invention are added to 5-30 wt % organic solvent blend (e.g. fatty acid dimethylamide and cyclohexanone), 10-25 wt % surfactant blend (e.g. alkohol ethoxylate and arylphenol ethoxylate), and water up to 100%. This mixture is stirred for 1 h to produce spontaneously a thermodynamically stable microemulsion.

x) Microcapsules (CS)

An oil phase comprising 5-50 wt % of the mixture according to the invention, 0-40 wt % water insoluble organic solvent (e.g. aromatic hydrocarbon), 2-15 wt % acrylic monomers (e.g. methylmethacrylate, methacrylic acid and a di- or triacrylate) are dispersed into an aqueous solution of a protective colloid (e.g. polyvinyl alcohol). Radical polymerization initiated by a radical initiator results in the formation of poly(meth)acrylate microcapsules. Alternatively, an oil phase comprising 5-50 wt % of the mixture according to the invention, 0-40 wt % water insolu-ble organic solvent (e.g. aromatic hydrocarbon), and an isocyanate monomer (e.g. diphenylmethene-4,4′-diisocyanatae) are dispersed into an aqueous solution of a protective colloid (e.g. polyvinyl alcohol). The addition of a polyamine (e.g. hexamethylenediamine) results in the formation of a polyurea microcapsule. The monomers amount to 1-10 wt %. The wt % relate to the total CS composition.

xi) Dustable powders (DP, DS)

1-10 wt % of a the mixture according to the invention are ground finely and mixed intimately with up to 100 wt % solid carrier, e.g. finely divided kaolin.

xii) Granules (GR, FG)

0.5-30 wt % of the mixture according to the invention is ground finely and associated with up to 100 wt % solid carrier (e.g. silicate). Granulation is achieved by extrusion, spray-drying or the fluidized bed.

xiii) Ultra-Low Volume Liquids (UL)

1-50 wt % of the mixture according to the invention are dissolved in up to 100 wt % organic solvent, e.g. aromatic hydrocarbon.

The compositions types i) to xiii) may optionally comprise further auxiliaries, such as 0.1-1 wt % bactericides, 5-15 wt % anti-freezing agents, 0.1-1 wt % anti-foaming agents, and 0.1-1 wt % colorants.

The agrochemical compositions generally comprise between 0.01 and 95%, preferably be-tween 0.1 and 90%, and most preferably between 0.5 and 75%, by weight of active substance. The active substances are employed in a purity of from 90% to 100%, preferably from 95% to 100% (according to NMR spectrum).

Various types of oils, wetters, adjuvants, fertilizer, or micronutrients, and other pesticides (e.g. herbicides, insecticides, fungicides, growth regulators, safeners) may be added to the active substances or the compositions com¬prising them as premix or, if appropriate not until immediately prior to use (tank mix). These agents can be admixed with the compositions according to the invention in a weight ratio of 1:100 to 100:1, preferably 1:10 to 10:1.

The user applies the composition according to the invention usually from a predosage de-vice, a knapsack sprayer, a spray tank, a spray plane, or an irrigation system. Usually, the agrochemical composition is made up with water, buffer, and/or further auxiliaries to the desired application concentration and the ready-to-use spray liquor or the agrochemical composition according to the invention is thus obtained. Usually, 20 to 2000 liters, preferably 50 to 400 liters, of the ready-to-use spray liquor are applied per hectare of agricultural useful area.

According to one embodiment, individual components of the composition according to the invention such as parts of a kit or parts of a binary or ternary mixture may be mixed by the user himself in a spray tank and further auxiliaries may be added, if appropriate.

In a further embodiment, either individual components of the composition according to the invention or partially premixed components, e.g. components comprising mixtures of the present invention, may be mixed by the user in a spray tank and further auxiliaries and additives may be added, if appropriate.

In a further embodiment, either individual components of the composition according to the invention or partially premixed components, e. g. components comprising mixtures of the present invention, can be applied jointly (e.g. after tank mix) or consecutively.

The mixtures of the present invention are suitable for use in protecting crops, plants, plant propagation materials, such as seeds, or soil or water, in which the plants are growing, from attack or infestation by animal pests. Therefore, the present invention also relates to a plant protection method, which comprises contacting crops, plants, plant propagation materials, such as seeds, or soil or water, in which the plants are growing, to be protected from attack or infestation by animal pests, with a pesticidally effective amount of a mixture of the present invention.

The mixtures of the present invention are also suitable for use in combating or controlling animal pests. Therefore, the present invention also relates to a method of combating or controlling animal pests, which comprises contacting the animal pests, their habitat, breeding ground, or food supply, or the crops, plants, plant propagation materials, such as seeds, or soil, or the area, material or environment in which the animal pests are growing or may grow, with a pesticidally effective amount of a mixture of the present invention.

The mixtures of the present invention are effective through both contact and ingestion.

Furthermore, the mixtures of the present invention can be applied to any and all developmental stages, such as egg, larva, pupa, and adult.

The mixtures of the present invention can be applied as such or in form of compositions comprising them as defined above. Furthermore, the mixtures of the present invention can be applied together with a mixing partner as defined above or in form of compositions comprising said mixtures as defined above. The components of said mixture can be applied simultaneously, jointly or separately, or in succession, that is immediately one after another and thereby creating the mixture “in situ” on the desired location, e.g. the plant, the sequence, in the case of separate application, generally not having any effect on the result of the control measures.

The application can be carried out both before and after the infestation of the crops, plants, plant propagation materials, such as seeds, soil, or the area, material or environment by the pests.

Suitable application methods include inter alia soil treatment, seed treatment, in furrow application, and foliar application. Soil treatment methods include drenching the soil, drip irrigation (drip application onto the soil), dipping roots, tubers or bulbs, or soil injection. Seed treatment techniques include seed dressing, seed coating, seed dusting, seed soaking, and seed pelleting. In furrow applications typically include the steps of making a furrow in cultivated land, seeding the furrow with seeds, applying the pesticidally active mixture to the furrow, and closing the furrow. Foliar application refers to the application of the pesticidally active mixture to plant foliage, e.g. through spray equipment. For foliar applications, it can be advantageous to modify the behavior of the pests by use of pheromones in combination with the mixtures of the present invention. Suitable pheromones for specific crops and pests are known to a skilled person and publicly available from databases of pheromones and semiochemicals, such as http://www.pherobase.com.

As used herein, the term “contacting” includes both direct contact (applying the mixtures/compositions directly on the animal pest or plant—typically to the foliage, stem or roots of the plant) and indirect contact (applying the mixtures/compositions to the locus, i.e. habitat, breeding ground, plant, seed, soil, area, material or environment in which a pest is growing or may grow, of the animal pest or plant).

The term “animal pest” includes arthropods, gastropods, and nematodes. Preferred animal pests according to the invention are arthropods, preferably insects and arachnids, in particular insects. Insects, which are of particular relevance for crops, are typically referred to as crop insect pests.

The term “crop” refers to both, growing and harvested crops.

The term “plant” includes cereals, e.g. durum and other wheat, rye, barley, triticale, oats, rice, or maize (fodder maize and sugar maize/sweet and field corn); beet, e.g. sugar beet or fodder beet; fruits, such as pomes, stone fruits or soft fruits, e.g. apples, pears, plums, peaches, nectarines, almonds, cherries, papayas, strawberries, raspberries, blackberries or gooseberries; leguminous plants, such as beans, lentils, peas, alfalfa or soybeans; oil plants, such as rapeseed (oilseed rape), turnip rape, mustard, olives, sunflowers, coconut, cocoa beans, castor oil plants, oil palms, ground nuts or soybeans; cucurbits, such as squashes, pumpkins, cucumber or melons; fiber plants, such as cotton, flax, hemp orjute; citrus fruit, such as oranges, lemons, grapefruits or mandarins; vegetables, such as eggplant, spinach, lettuce (e.g. iceberg lettuce), chicory, cabbage, asparagus, cabbages, carrots, onions, garlic, leeks, tomatoes, potatoes, cucurbits or sweet peppers; lauraceous plants, such as avocados, cinnamon or camphor; energy and raw material plants, such as corn, soybean, rapeseed, sugar cane or oil palm; tobacco; nuts, e.g. walnuts; pistachios; coffee; tea; bananas; vines (table grapes and grapejuice grape vines); hop; sweet leaf (also called Stevia); natural rubber plants or ornamental and forestry plants, such as flowers (e.g. carnation, petunias, geranium/pelargoniums, pansies and impatiens), shrubs, broad-leaved trees (e.g. poplar) or evergreens, e.g. conifers; eucalyptus; turf; lawn; grass such as grass for animal feed or ornamental uses. Preferred plants include potatoes sugar beets, tobacco, wheat, rye, barley, oats, rice, corn, cotton, soybeans, rapeseed, legumes, sunflowers, coffee or sugar cane; fruits; vines; ornamentals; or vegetables, such as cucumbers, tomatoes, beans or squashes.

The term “plant” is to be understood as including wild type plants and plants, which have been modified by either conventional breeding, or mutagenesis or genetic engineering, or by a combination thereof.

Plants, which have been modified by mutagenesis or genetic engineering, and are of particular commercial importance, include alfalfa, rapeseed (e.g. oilseed rape), bean, carnation, chicory, cotton, eggplant, eucalyptus, flax, lentil, maize, melon, papaya, petunia, plum, poplar, potato, rice, soybean, squash, sugar beet, sugarcane, sunflower, sweet pepper, tobacco, tomato, and cereals (e.g. wheat), in particular maize, soybean, cotton, wheat, and rice. In plants, which have been modified by mutagenesis or genetic engineering, one or more genes have been mutagenized or integrated into the genetic material of the plant. The one or more mutagenized or integrated genes are preferably selected from pat, epsps, cry1Ab, bar, cry1Fa2, cry1Ac, cry34Ab1, cry35AB1, cry3A, cryF, cry1F, mcry3a, cry2Ab2, cry3Bb1, cry1A.105, dfr, barnase, vip3Aa20, barstar, als, bxn, bp40, asn1, and ppo5. The mutagenesis or integration of the one or more genes is performed in order to improve certain properties of the plant. Such properties, also known as traits, include abiotic stress tolerance, altered growth/yield, disease resistance, herbicide tolerance, insect resistance, modified product quality, and pollination control. Of these properties, herbicide tolerance, e.g. imidazolinone tolerance, glyphosate tolerance, or glufosinate tolerance, is of particular importance. Several plants have been rendered tolerant to herbicides by mutagenesis, for example Clearfield® oilseed rape being tolerant to imidazolinones, e.g. imazamox. Alternatively, genetic engineering methods have been used to render plants, such as soybean, cotton, corn, beets and oil seed rape, tolerant to herbicides, such as glyphosate and glufosinate, some of which are commercially available under the trade names RoundupReady® (glyphosate) and LibertyLink® (glufosinate). Furthermore, insect resistance is of importance, in particular lepidopteran insect resistance and coleopteran insect resistance. Insect resistance is typically achieved by modifying plants by integrating cry and/or vip genes, which were isolated from Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt), and code for the respective Bt toxins. Genetically modified plants with insect resistance are commercially available under trade names including WideStrike®, Bollgard®, Agrisure®, Herculex®, YieldGard®, Genuity®, and Intacta®. Plants may be modified by mutagenesis or genetic engineering either in terms of one property (singular traits) or in terms of a combination of properties (stacked traits). Stacked traits, e.g. the combination of herbicide tolerance and insect resistance, are of increasing importance. In general, all relevant modified plants in connection with singular or stacked traits as well as detailed information as to the mutagenized or integrated genes and the respective events are available from websites of the organizations “International Service for the Acquisition of Agri-biotech Applications (ISAAA)” (http://www.isaaa.org/gmapprovaldatabase) and “Center for Environmental Risk Assessment (CERA)” (http://cera-gmc.org/GMCropDatabase).

The term “plant propagation material” refers to all the generative parts of the plant such as seeds and vegetative plant material such as cuttings and tubers (e.g. potatoes), which can be used for the multiplication of the plant. This includes seeds, roots, fruits, tubers, bulbs, rhizomes, shoots, sprouts and other parts of plants. Seedlings and young plants, which are to be transplanted after germination or after emergence from soil, may also be included. These plant propagation materials may be treated prophylactically with a plant protection mixture either at or before planting or transplanting.

The term “seed” embraces seeds and plant propagules of all kinds including but not limited to true seeds, seed pieces, suckers, corms, bulbs, fruit, tubers, grains, cuttings, cut shoots and the like, and means in a preferred embodiment true seeds.

In general, “pesticidally effective amount” means the amount of active ingredient needed to achieve an observable effect on growth, including the effects of necrosis, death, retardation, prevention, and removal, destruction, or otherwise diminishing the occurrence and activity of the target organism. The pesticidally effective amount can vary for the various mixtures/compositions used in the invention. A pesticidally effective amount of the compositions will also vary according to the prevailing conditions such as desired pesticidal effect and duration, weather, target species, locus, mode of application, and the like.

In the case of soil treatment, in furrow application or of application to the pests dwelling place or nest, the quantity of active ingredient ranges from 0.0001 to 500 g per 100 m², preferably from 0.001 to 20 g per 100 m².

For use in treating crop plants, e.g. by foliar application, the rate of application of the active ingredients of this invention may be in the range of 0.0001 g to 4000 g per hectare, e.g. from 1 g to 2 kg per hectare or from 1 g to 750 g per hectare, desirably from 1 g to 100 g per hectare, more desirably from 10 g to 50 g per hectare, e.g., 10 to 20 g per hectare, 20 to 30 g per hectare, 30 to 40 g per hectare, or 40 to 50 g per hectare.

The mixtures of the present invention are particularly suitable for use in the treatment of seeds in order to protect the seeds from insect pests, in particular from soil-living insect pests, and the resulting seedling's roots and shoots against soil pests and foliar insects. The present invention therefore also relates to a method for the protection of seeds from insects, in particular from soil insects, and of the seedling's roots and shoots from insects, in particular from soil and foliar insects, said method comprising treating the seeds before sowing and/or after pregermination with a mixture of the present invention. The protection of the seedling's roots and shoots is preferred. More preferred is the protection of seedling's shoots from piercing and sucking insects, chewing insects and nematodes.

The term “seed treatment” comprises all suitable seed treatment techniques known in the art, such as seed dressing, seed coating, seed dusting, seed soaking, seed pelleting, and in-furrow application methods. Preferably, the seed treatment application of the active mixture is carried out by spraying or by dusting the seeds before sowing of the plants and before emergence of the plants.

The present invention also comprises seeds coated with or containing the active mixture. The term “coated with and/or containing” generally signifies that the active ingredient is for the most part on the surface of the propagation product at the time of application, although a greater or lesser part of the ingredient may penetrate into the propagation product, depending on the method of application. When the said propagation product is (re)planted, it may absorb the active ingredient.

Suitable seed is for example seed of cereals, root crops, oil crops, vegetables, spices, ornamentals, for example seed of durum and other wheat, barley, oats, rye, maize (fodder maize and sugar maize/sweet and field corn), soybeans, oil crops, crucifers, cotton, sunflowers, bananas, rice, oilseed rape, turnip rape, sugarbeet, fodder beet, eggplants, potatoes, grass, lawn, turf, fodder grass, tomatoes, leeks, pumpkin/squash, cabbage, iceberg lettuce, pepper, cucumbers, melons, Brassica species, melons, beans, peas, garlic, onions, carrots, tuberous plants such as potatoes, sugar cane, tobacco, grapes, petunias, geranium/pelargoniums, pansies and impatiens.

In addition, the active mixture may also be used for the treatment of seeds from plants, which have been modified by mutagenisis or genetic engineering, and which e.g. tolerate the action of herbicides or fungicides or insecticides. Such modified plants have been described in detail above.

Conventional seed treatment formulations include for example flowable concentrates FS, solutions LS, suspoemulsions (SE), powders for dry treatment DS, water dispersible powders for slurry treatment WS, water-soluble powders SS and emulsion ES and EC and gel formulation GF.

These formulations can be applied to the seed diluted or undiluted. Application to the seeds is carried out before sowing, either directly on the seeds or after having pregerminated the latter.

Preferably, the formulations are applied such that germination is not included.

The active substance concentrations in ready-to-use formulations, which may be obtained after two-to-tenfold dilution, are preferably from 0.01 to 60% by weight, more preferably from 0.1 to 40% by weight.

In a preferred embodiment a FS formulation is used for seed treatment. Typically, a FS formulation may comprise 1-800 g/l of active ingredient, 1-200 g/l Surfactant, 0 to 200 g/I antifreezing agent, 0 to 400 g/l of binder, 0 to 200 g/l of a pigment and up to 1 liter of a solvent, preferably water.

Especially preferred FS formulations of the mixtures of the present invention for seed treatment usually comprise from 0.1 to 80% by weight (1 to 800 g/1) of the active ingredient, from 0.1 to 20% by weight (1 to 200 g/1) of at least one surfactant, e.g. 0.05 to 5% by weight of a wetter and from 0.5 to 15% by weight of a dispersing agent, up to 20% by weight, e.g. from 5 to 20% of an anti-freeze agent, from 0 to 15% by weight, e.g. 1 to 15% by weight of a pigment and/or a dye, from 0 to 40% by weight, e.g. 1 to 40% by weight of a binder (sticker/adhesion agent), optionally up to 5% by weight, e.g. from 0.1 to 5% by weight of a thickener, optionally from 0.1 to 2% of an anti-foam agent, and optionally a preservative such as a biocide, antioxidant or the like, e.g. in an amount from 0.01 to 1% by weight and a filler/vehicle up to 100% by weight.

In the treatment of seed, the application rates of the mixtures of the invention are generally from 0.1 g to 10 kg per 100 kg of seed, preferably from 1 g to 5 kg per 100 kg of seed, more preferably from 1 g to 1000 g per 100 kg of seed and in particular from 1 g to 200 g per 100 kg of seed, e.g. from 1 g to 100 g or from 5 g to 100 g per 100 kg of seed.

The invention therefore also relates to seed comprising a mixture of the present invention, or an agriculturally useful salt thereof, as defined herein. The amount of the mixture of the present invention or the agriculturally useful salt thereof will in general vary from 0.1 g to 10 kg per 100 kg of seed, preferably from 1 g to 5 kg per 100 kg of seed, in particular from 1 g to 1000 g per 100 kg of seed. For specific crops such as lettuce the rate can be higher.

The mixtures of the present invention may also be used for improving the health of a plant. Therefore, the present invention also relates to a method for improving plant health by treating a plant, plant propagation material and/or the locus where the plant is growing or is to grow with an effective and non-phytotoxic amount of a mixture of the present invention.

As used herein “an effective and non-phytotoxic amount” means that the mixture is used in a quantity which allows to obtain the desired effect but which does not give rise to any phytotoxic symptom on the treated plant or on the plant grown from the treated propagule or treated soil.

The terms “plant” and “plant propagation material” are defined above. “Plant health” is defined as a condition of the plant and/or its products which is determined by several aspects alone or in combination with each other such as yield (for example increased biomass and/or increased content of valuable ingredients), quality (for example improved content or composition of certain ingredients or shelf life), plant vigour (for example improved plant growth and/or greener leaves (“greening effect”), tolerance to abiotic (for example drought) and/or biotic stress (for example disease) and production efficiency (for example, harvesting efficiency, processability).

The above identified indicators for the health condition of a plant may be interdependent and may result from each other. Each indicator is defined in the art and can be determined by methods known to a skilled person.

The mixtures of the invention are also suitable for use against non-crop insect pests. For use against said non-crop pests, mixtures of the present invention can be used as bait composition, gel, general insect spray, aerosol, as ultra-low volume application and bed net (impregnated or surface applied). Furthermore, drenching and rodding methods can be used.

As used herein, the term “non-crop insect pest” refers to pests, which are particularly relevant for non-crop targets, such as ants, termites, wasps, flies, ticks, mosquitos, crickets, or cockroaches.

The bait can be a liquid, a solid or a semisolid preparation (e.g. a gel). The bait employed in the composition is a product, which is sufficiently attractive to incite insects such as ants, termites, wasps, flies, mosquitos, crickets etc. or cockroaches to eat it. The attractiveness can be manipulated by using feeding stimulants or sex pheromones. Food stimulants are chosen, for example, but not exclusively, from animal and/or plant proteins (meat-, fish- or blood meal, insect parts, egg yolk), from fats and oils of animal and/or plant origin, or mono-, oligo- or polyorganosaccharides, especially from sucrose, lactose, fructose, dextrose, glucose, starch, pectin or even molasses or honey. Fresh or decaying parts of fruits, crops, plants, animals, insects or specific parts thereof can also serve as a feeding stimulant. Sex pheromones are known to be more insect specific. Specific pheromones are described in the literature (e.g. http://www.pherobase.com), and are known to those skilled in the art.

For use in bait compositions, the typical content of active ingredient is from 0.001 weight % to 15 weight %, desirably from 0.001 weight % to 5% weight % of active mixture.

Formulations of the mixtures of the present invention as aerosols (e.g in spray cans), oil sprays or pump sprays are highly suitable for the non-professional user for controlling pests such as flies, fleas, ticks, mosquitos or cockroaches. Aerosol recipes are preferably composed of the active mixture, solvents, furthermore auxiliaries such as emulsifiers, perfume oils, if appropriate stabilizers, and, if required, propellants.

The oil spray formulations differ from the aerosol recipes in that no propellants are used.

For use in spray compositions, the content of active ingredient is from 0.001 to 80 weights %, preferably from 0.01 to 50 weight % and most preferably from 0.01 to 15 weight %.

The mixtures of the present invention and its respective compositions can also be used in mosquito and fumigating coils, smoke cartridges, vaporizer plates or long-term vaporizers and also in moth papers, moth pads or other heat-independent vaporizer systems.

Methods to control infectious diseases transmitted by insects (e.g. malaria, dengue and yellow fever, lymphatic filariasis, and leishmaniasis) with mixtures of the present invention and its respective compositions also comprise treating surfaces of huts and houses, air spraying and impregnation of curtains, tents, clothing items, bed nets, tsetse-fly trap or the like. Insecticidal compositions for application to fibers, fabric, knitgoods, nonwovens, netting material or foils and tarpaulins preferably comprise a mixture including the insecticide, optionally a repellent and at least one binder.

The mixtures of the present invention and its compositions can be used for protecting wooden materials such as trees, board fences, sleepers, frames, artistic artifacts, etc. and buildings, but also construction materials, furniture, leathers, fibers, vinyl articles, electric wires and cables etc. from ants and/or termites, and for controlling ants and termites from doing harm to crops or human being (e.g. when the pests invade into houses and public facilities).

Customary application rates in the protection of materials are, for example, from 0.001 g to 2000 g or from 0.01 g to 1000 g of active mixture per m² treated material, desirably from 0.1 g to 50 g per m².

Insecticidal compositions for use in the impregnation of materials typically contain from 0.001 to 95 weight %, preferably from 0.1 to 45 weight %, and more preferably from 1 to 25 weight % of at least one repellent and/or insecticide.

The mixtures of the the present invention are especially suitable for efficiently combating animal pests such as arthropods, gastropods and nematodes including but not limited to: insects from the order of Lepidoptera, for example Achroia griella, Aclers spp. such as A. fimbriana, A. gloverana, A. variana; Acrolepiopsis assectella, Acronicta major, Adoxophyes spp. such as A. cyrtosema, A. orana; Aedia leucomelas, Agrotki spp. such as A. exclamationis, A. fucosa, A. ipsilon, A. orthogoma, A. segetum, A. subterranea; Alabama argillacea, Aleurodicus dispersus, Alsophila pometaria, Ampelophaga rubiginosa, Amyelois transitella, Anacampsis sarcitella, Anagasta kuehniella, Anarsia lineatella, Anisota senatoria, Antheraea pernyr, Anticarsia (=Thermesia) spp. such as A. gemmatalis; Apamea spp., Aproaerema modicella, Archips spp. such as A. argyrospila, A. fuscocupreanus, A. rosana, A. xyloseanus; Argyresthia conjugella, Argyroploce spp., Argyrotaenia spp. such as A. velutinana; Athetis mindara, Austroasca viridigniea, Autographa gamma, Autographa nigrisigna, Barathra brassicae, Bedellia spp., Bonagota salubricola, Borbo cinnara, Bucculatrix thurberiella, Bupalus piniarius, Busseola spp., Cacoecia spp. such as C. murinana, C. podana; Cactoblastis cactorum, Cadra cautella, Calingo braziliensis, Caloptil theivora, Capua reticulana, Carposina spp. such as C. niponensis, C. sasakiiCephus spp., Chaetocnema aridula, Cheimatobia brumata, Chilo spp. such as C. Indicus, C suppressal, C. partellus; Choreutk pariana, Choritoneura spp. such as C. conflictana, C fumiferana, C. longicellana, C. murinana, C. occidental, C. rosaceana; Chrysodeixis (=Pseudoplusia) spp. such as C. eriosoma, C. includens; Cirphis unipuncta, Clysia ambiuella, Cnaphalocerus spp., Cnaphalocrocis medinalk, Cnephasia spp., Cochylihospes, Coleophora spp., Colias eurytheme, Conopomorpha spp., Conotrachelus spp., Copitarsia spp., Corcyra cephalonica, Crambus caiginosellus, Crambus teterrellus, Crocidosema (=Epinotia) aporema, Cydalima (=Diaphania) perspectal, Cydia (=Carpocapsa) spp. such as C. pomonella, C latiferreana; Dalaca noctuides, Datana integerrima, Dasychira pinicola, Dendrolimus spp. such as D. pini, D. spectabili, D. sibiricus; Desmia funerali, Diaphania spp. such as D. nitidalis, D. hyalinata; Diatraea grandiosella, Diatraea saccharal, Diphthera festiva, Earias spp. such as E. insulana, E. vittella; Ecdytolopha aurantianu, Egira (=Xylomyges) curiak, Elasmopalpus lignosellus, Eldana saccharina, Endopiza viteana, Ennomos subsignaria, Eoreuma loftini, Ephestia spp. such as E. cautella, E. elutella, E. kuehniella; Epinotia aporema, Epiphyas postvittana, Erannis tiliaria, Erionota thrax, Etiella spp., Eulia spp., Eupoecilia ambiguella, Euproctis chrysorrhoea, Euxoa spp., Evetria bouliana, Faronta albilinea, Feltia spp. such as F. subterranean; Galleria mellonella, Gracillaria spp., Grapholita spp. such as G. funebrana, G. molesta, G. inopinata; Halysidota spp., Harriina americana, Hedylepta spp., Helicoverpa spp. such as H. armigera (=Heliothis armigera), H. zea (=Heliothis zea); Heliothis spp. such as H. assulta, H. subflexa, H. virescens; Hellula spp. such as H. undalis, H. rogatai; Helocoverpa gelotopoeon, Hemileuca oliviae, Herpetogramma licarsisal, Hibernia defoliaria, Hofmannophila pseudospretella, Homoeosoma electellum, Homona magnanima, Hypena scabra, Hyphantria cunea, Hyponomeuta padella, Hyponomeuta malinellus, Kakivoria flavofasciata, Keiferia lycopersicella, Lambdina fiscellaria fiscellaria, Lambdina fiscellaria lugubrosa, Lamprosema indicata, Laspeyresia molesta, Leguminivora glycinivorella, Lerodea eufala, Leucinodes orbonai, Leucoma salici, Leucoptera spp. such as L. coffeella, L. scitella; Leuminivora lycinivorella, Lithocollets blancardella, Lithophane antennata, Llattia octo (=Amyna axis), Lobesia botrana, Lophocampa spp., Loxagroti albicosta, Loxostege spp. such as L. stictica, L. cererai; Lymantria spp. such as L. dispar, L monacha; Lyonetia clerkella, Lyonetia prunifoliella, Malacosoma spp. such as M. americanum, M californicum, M. constrictum, M. neustria; Mamestra spp. such as M. brassicae, M. configurata; Mamstra brassicae, Manduca spp. such as M. quinquemaculata, M. sexta; Marasmia spp, Marmara spp., Maruca testulal, Megalopyge lanata, Melanchra picta, Melanitilleda, Mocis spp. such as M. lapites, M. repanda; Mocis latipes, Monochroa fragariae, Mythimna separata, Nemapogon cloacella, Neoleucinodes elegantali, Nepytia spp., Nymphula spp., Oiketicus spp., Omiodes indicata, Omphika anastomosak, Operophtera brumata, Orgyia pseudotsugata, Oria spp., Orthaga thyriak, Ostrinia spp. such as O. nubilai; Oulema oryzae, Paleacrita vernata, Panoli flammea, Parnara spp., Papaipema nebr, Papilio cresphontes, Paramyeloi transitella, Paranthrene regak, Paysandisia archon, Pectinophora spp. such as P. gossypiella; Peridroma saucia, Perileucoptera spp., such as P. coffeella; Phalera bucephala, Phryganidia californica, Phthorimaea spp. such as P. operculella; Phyllocniti citrella, Phyllonorycter spp. such as P. blancardella, P. crataegella, P. issiki; P. ringoniella; Pieni spp. such as P. brassicae, P. rapae, P. napi; Pilocroci tripunctata, Plathypena scabra, Platynota spp. such as P. flavedana, P. idaeusalis, P. stultana; Platyptilia carduidactyla, Plebejus argus, Plodia interpunctella, Plusia spp, Plutella maculipenni, Plutella xylostella, Pontia protodica, Prays spp., Prodenla spp., Proxenus lepigone, Pseudaletia spp. such as P. sequax, P. unipuncta; Pyrausta nubilali, Rachiplusia nu, Richia albicosta, Rhizobius ventralis, Rhyacionia frustrana, Sabulodes aegrotata, Schzura concinna, Schoenobius spp., Schreckensteinia festaliella, Scirpophaga spp. such as S. incertulas, S. innotata; Scotia segetum, Sesamia spp. such as S. inferens, Seudyra subflava, Sitotroga cerealella, Sparganothls pilleriana, Spilonota lechriaspi, S. ocellana, Spodoptera (=Lamphygma) spp. such as S. erdania, S. exigua, S. frugperda, S. latisfascia, S. littoralis, S. litura, S. omthogalli; Stigmella spp., Stomopteryxsubsecivella, Strymon bazochi; Sylepta derogata, Synanthedon spp. such as S. exitiosa, Tecia solanivora, Telehin licus, Thaumatopoea pityocampa, Thaumatotbia (=Cryptophleba) leucotreta, Thaumetopoea pityocampa, Thecla spp., Theresimima ampelophaga, Thyrinteina spp, Tildenia inconspicuella, Tinea spp. such as T. cloacella, T pellionella; Tineola bisselliella, Tortrx spp. such as T. viridana; Trichophaga tapetzella, Trichoplusia spp. such as T. ni; Tuta (=Scrobpalpula) absoluta, Udea spp. such as U. rubigalik, U. rubigali; Virachola spp., Yponomeuta padella, and Zeiraphera canadensls; insects from the order of Coleoptera, for example Acalymma vittatum, Acanthoscehdes obtectus, Adoretus spp., Agelastica alni, Agrilus spp. such as A. anxius, A. planipennis, A. sinuatus; Agriotes spp. such as A. fuscicolli, A. lineatus, A. obscurus; Alphitobius diaperinus, Amphimallus solstitialis, Anisandrus dispar, Anisoplia austriaca, Anobium punctatum, Anomala corpulenta, Anomala rufocuprea, Anoplophora spp. such as A. glabripennis; Anthonomus spp. such as A. eugeni; A. grandl, A. pomorum; Anthrenus spp., Aphthona euphoridae, Apion spp., Apogona spp., Athous haemorrhoidalik, Atomarla spp. such as A. linears; Attagenus spp., Aulacophora femoralis, Blastophagus piniperda, BlItophaga undata, Bruchidius obtectus, Bruchus spp. such as B. lentis, B. plsorum, B. rufimanus; Byctlscus betulae, Callidiellum ruflpenne, Callopistria floridensi, Callosobruchus chinenss, Camerarla ohridella, Cassida nebulosa, Cerotoma trfurcata, Cetonia aurata, Ceuthorhynchus spp. such as C. assimilis, C. napi; Chaetocnema tibialis, Cleonus mendicus, Conoderus spp. such as C. vespertinus; Conotrachelus nenuphar, Cosmopolites spp., Costelytra zealandica, Crioceris asparag, Cryptolestes ferrugineus, Cryptorhynchus lapath, Ctenicera spp. such as C. destructor; Curculio spp., Cylindrocopturus spp., Cyclocephala spp., Dactyllispa balyi, Dectes texanus, Dermestes spp., Diabrotica spp. such as D. undecimpunctata, D. speciosa, D. longicornis, D. semipunctata, D. virgifera; Diaprepes abbreviates, Dichocrocis spp., Dicladispa armigera, Diloboderus abderus, Diocalandra frumenti (Diocalandra stigmaticollis), Enaphalodes rufulus, Epilachna spp. such as E. varivestis, E. vigintioctomaculata; Epitrix spp. such as E. hirtipennis, E. similaris; Eutheola humilis, Eutinobothrus brasiliensis, Faustinus cubae, Gibbium psylloides, Gnathocerus cornutus, Hellula undalis, Heteronychus arator, Hylamorpha elegans, Hylobius abietis, Hylotrupes bajulus, Hypera spp. such as H. brunneipennis, H. postica; Hypomeces squamosus, Hypothenemus spp., Ips typographus, Lachnosterna consanguinea, Lasioderma serricome, Latheticus oryzae, Lathridius spp., Lema spp. such as L. bilineata, L. melanopus; Leptinotarsa spp. such as L. decemlineata; Leptispa pygmaea, Limonius califomicus, Lissorhoptrus oryzophilus, Lixus spp., Luperodes spp., Lyctus spp. such as L. bruneus; Liogenys fuscus, Macrodactylus spp. such as M. subspinosus; Maladera matrida, Megaplatypus mutates, Megascells spp., Melanotus communis, Meligethes spp. such as M. aeneus; Melolontha spp. such as M. hippocastani, M. melolontha; Metamasius hemipterus, Microtheca spp., Migdolus spp. such as M. fryanus, Monochamus spp. such as M. alternatus; Naupactus xanthographus, Niptus hololeucus, Oberia brevis, Oemona hirta, Oryctes rhinoceros, Oryzaephilus sunnamensis, Oryzaphagus oryzae, Otiorrhynchus sulcatus, Otiorrhynchus ovatus, Otiorrhynchus sulcatus, Oulema melanopus, Oulema oryzae, Oxycetoniajucunda, Phaedon spp. such as P. brassicae, P. cochleariae; Phoracantha recurva, Phyllobius pyri, Phyllopertha horticola, Phyllophaga spp. such as P. helleri, Phyllotreta spp. such as P. chrysocephala, P. nemorum, P. striolata, P. vittula; Phyllopertha horticola, Popilliajaponica, Premnotrypes spp., Psacothea hilaris, Psylliodes chrysocephala, Prostephanus truncates, Psylliodes spp., Ptinus spp., Pulga saltona, Rhizopertha dominica, Rhynchophorus spp. such as R. billineatus, R. ferrugineus, R. palmarum, R. phoenicis, R. vulneratus, Saperda candida, Scolytus schevyrewi, Scyphophorus acupunctatus, Sitona lineatus, Sitophilus spp. such as S. granaria, S. oryzae, S. zeamais; Sphenophorus spp. such as S. levis; Stegobium paniceum, Sternechus spp. such as S. subsignatus; Strophomorphus ctenotus, Symphyletes spp., Tanymecus spp., Tenebrio molito, Tenebrioides mauretanicus, Tribolium spp. such as T. castaneum; Trogoderma spp., Tychius spp., Xylotrechus spp. such as X. pyrrhoderus; and Zabrus spp. such as Z. tenebrioides;

insects from the order of Diptera for example Aedes spp. such as A. aegypti A. albopictus, A. vexans; Anastrepha ludens, Anopheles spp. such as A. albimanus, A. crucians, A. freebomi A. gambiae, A. leucosphyrus, A. macuipennis, A. minimus, A. quadrimaculatus, A. sinensis; Bactrocera invadens, Bibio hortulanus, Caliphora erythrocephala, Caliphora vicina, Ceratitis capitata, Chrysomyia spp. such as C. bezziana, C. hominivorax, C. macellaria; Chrysops atlanticus, Chrysops discalis, Chrysops silacea, Cochliomyia spp. such as C. hominivorax; Contarnia spp. such as C. sorghicola; Cordylobia anthropophaga, Culex spp. such as C. nigripalpus, C. pipiens, C. quinquefasciatus, C. tarsals, Ctrtaeniorhynchus, Culicoides furens, Culiseta inornata, Culiseta melanura, Cuterebra spp., Dacus cucurbitae, Dacus oleae, Dasineura brassicae, Dasineura oxycoccana, Delia spp. such as D. antique, D. coarctata, D. platura, D. radicum; Dermatobia hominis, Drosophila spp. such as D. suzukli, Fannia spp. such as F. canicularis; Gastraphilus spp. such as G. intestinalis; Geomyza tipunctata, Glossina spp. such as G. fuscipes, G. morsitans, G. palpalis, G. tachinoides; Haematobia irritans, Haplodiplosis equestrs, Hippelates spp., Hylemyia spp. such as H. platura; Hypoderma spp. such as H. lineata; Hyppobosca spp., Hydrellia phippina, Leptoconops torrens, Liriomyza spp. such as L. sativae, L. trifoli; Lucilia spp. such as L. caprina, L. cuprina, L. serlcata; Lycoria pectoralis, Mansonia titillanus, Mayetiola spp. such as M. destructor; Musca spp. such as M. autumnalis, M. domestica; Muscina stabulans, Oestrus spp. such as O. ovis; Opomyza florum, Oscinella spp. such as O. frit; Orseolia oryzae, Pegomya hysocyami, Phlebotomus argentipes, Phorbia spp. such as P. antiqua, P. brassicae, P. coarctata; Phytomyza gymnostoma, Prosimulium mixtum, Psila rosae, Psorophora columbiae, Psorophora discolor, Rhagoletis spp. such as R. ceras, R. cingulate, R. indifferens, R. mendax R. pomonella; Rivellia quadrifasciata, Sarcophaga spp. such as S. haemorrhoidalis; Simulium vittatum, Sitodiplosis mosellana, Stomoxys spp. such as S. calcitrans; Tabanus spp. such as T. atratus, T bovinus, T. lineola, T. similis; Tannia spp., Thecodiplosis japonensis, Tipula oleracea, Tipula paludosa, and Wohlfahrtia spp;

insects from the order of Thysanoptera for example, Baiothrips biformis, Dichromothrips corbetti, Dichromothrips ssp., Echinothrips americanus, Enneothrips flavens, Frankliniella spp. such as F. fusca, F. occidentalis, F. tritici; Heliothrps spp., Hercinothrps femoralis, Kakothrps spp., Microcephalothrips abdominalis, Neohydatothrips samayunku, Pezothrips kellyanus, Rhipiphorothrips cruentatus, Scirtothps spp. such as S. citri, S. dorsalis, S. perseae; Stenchaetothnps spp, Taenothrlps cardamon, Taenothrps inconsequens, Thrps spp. such as T. imagines, T. hawaiiensis, T. oryzae, T. palmi T. parvispinus, T. tabaci;

insects from the order of Hemiptera for example, Acizzia jamatonica, Acrosternum spp. such as A. hilare; Acyrthosipon spp. such as A. onobrychis, A. pisum; Adelges laricis, Adelges tsugae, Adelphocoris spp., such as A. rapidus, A. superbus; Aeneolamia spp., Agonoscena spp., Aulacorthum solan, Aleurocanthus woglumi, Aleurodes spp., Aleurodicus disperses, Aleurolobus barodensis, Aleurothrixus spp., Amrasca spp., Anasa trstis, Antestiopsis spp., Anuraphis cardui, Aonidiella spp., Aphanostigma piri, Aphidula nasturti, Aphis spp. such as A. craccivora, A. fabae, A. forbesi A. gossypi, A. grossulariae, A. maidiradicis, A. pomi A. sambuci A. schneidern A. spiraecola; Arboridia apicalis, Arus critatus, Aspidiella spp., Aspidiotus spp., Atanus spp., Aulacaspis yasumatsu, Aulacorthum solan, Bactericera cockerelli (Paratrioza cockereli), Bemisia spp. such as B. argentifoli, B. tabaci (Aleurodes tabaci); Blissus spp. such as B. leucopteus; Brachycaudus spp. such as B. cardu B. helichys, B. persicae, B. prunicola; Brachycolus spp., Brachycorynella asparag, Brevicoryne brassicae, Cacopsylla spp. such as C. fulguralis, C. pyricola (Psylla pi); Calligypona marginata, Calocoris spp., Campylomma livida, Capitophorus horni, Cameocephala fulgida, Cavelerius spp., Ceraplastes spp., Ceratovacuna lanigera, Ceroplastes ceriferus, Cerosipha gossypi, Chaetosiphon fragaefoli, Chionaspis tegalensis, Chlorita onuki, Chromaphisjuglandicola, Chrysomphalus ficus, Cicadulina mbila, Cimex spp. such as C. hemipterus, C. lectularius; Coccomytilus halli, Coccus spp. such as C. hesperidum, C pseudomagnoliarum, Corythucha arcuata, Creontades dilutus, Cryptomyzus ribis, Chrysomphalus aonidum, Cryptomyzus ribis, Ctenarytaina spatulata, Cyrtopeltis notatus, Dalbulus spp., Dasynus piperis, Dialeurodes spp. such as D. citrifoli, Dalbulus maidis, Diaphorina spp. such as D. citri; Diaspis spp. such as D. bromeliae; Dichelops furcatus, Diconocoris hewett, Doralis spp., Dreyfusia nordmannianae, Dreyfusia piceae, Drosicha spp., Dysaphis spp. such as D. plantaginea, D. pyri D. radicola; Dysaulacorthum pseudosolani, Dysdercus spp. such as D. cingulatus, D. intermedius; Dysmicoccus spp., Edessa spp., Geocoris spp., Empoasca spp. such as E. fabae, E solana; Epidiaspis leper, Eriosoma spp. such as E. lanigerum, E. pyricola; Erythroneura spp., Eurygaster spp. such as E. integriceps; Euscelis bilobatus, Euschistus spp. such as E. heros, E impictiventris, E. servus; Forinia theae, Geococcus coffeae, Glycaspis brimblecombe, Halyomorpha spp. such as H. halys; Heliopeltis spp., Homalodisca vitripennis (=H. coagulata), Horcias nobilellus, Hyalopterus prun, Hyperomyzus lactucae, Icerya spp. such as I. purchase; Idiocerus spp., Idioscopus spp., Laodelphax striatellus, Lecanium spp., Lecanoideus floccissimus, Lepidosaphes spp. such as L. ulm, Leptocorisa spp., Leptoglossus phyllopus, Lipaphis erysimi, Lygus spp. such as L. hesperus, L. lineolarns, L. pratensis; Maconellicoccus hirsutus, Marchalina hellenica, Macropes excavatus, Macrosiphum spp. such as M. rosae, M. avenae, M. euphorbiae; Macrosteles quadrilineatus, Mahanarva fimbriolata, Megacopta cribrana, Megoura viciae, Melanaphis pyrarius, Melanaphis sacchar, Melanocallis (=Tinocallis) caryaefoliae, Metcafiella spp., Metopolophium dirhodum, Monellia costalis, Monelliopsis pecanis, Myzocallis coryli, Murgantia spp., Myzus spp. such as M. ascalonicus, M. ceras, M. nicotianae, M. persicae, M. varians; Nasonovia ribis-nigri, Neotoxoptera formosana, Neomegalotomus spp, Nephotettix spp. such as N. malayanus, N. nigropictus, N. parvus, N. virescens; Nezara spp. such as N. viridula; Nilaparvata lugens, Nysius huttoni, Oebalus spp. such as O. pugnax; Oncometopia spp., Orthezia praelonga, Oxycaraenus hyalinipennis, Parabemisia myricae, Parlatoria spp., Parthenolecanium spp. such as P. corni, P. persicae; Pemphigus spp. such as P. bursarius, P. populivenae; Peregrinus maidis, Perkinsiella saccharicida, Phenacoccus spp. such as P. aceris, P. gossyph, Phloeomyzus passerini, Phorodon humul, Phylloxera spp. such as P. devastatrix, Piesma quadrata, Piezodorus spp. such as P. guildini, Pinnaspis aspidistrae, Planococcus spp. such as P. citri, P. ficus; Prosapia bicincta, Protopulvinaria pyriformis, Psallus seriatus, Pseudacysta persea, Pseudaulacaspis pentagona, Pseudococcus spp. such as P. comstocki, Psylla spp. such as P. mali; Pteromalus spp., Pulvinaria amygdali, Pyrilla spp., Quadraspidiotus spp., such as Q. perniciosus; Quesada gigas, Rastrococcus spp., Reduvius senilis, Rhizoecus americanus, Rhodnius spp., Rhopalomyzus ascalonicus, Rhopalosiphum spp. such as R. pseudobrassicas, R. insertum, R. maidis, R. padi; Sagatodes spp., Sahlbergella singularis, Saissetia spp., Sappaphis mala, Sappaphis mali, Scaptocoris spp., Scaphoides titanus, Schizaphisgraminum, Schizoneura lanuginosa, Scotinophora spp., Selenaspidus articulatus, Sitobion avenae, Sogata spp., Sogatella furcifera, Solubea insularis, Spissistilus festinus (=Stictocephala festina), Stephanitis nashi, Stephanitis pyrioides, Stephanitis takeya, Tenalaphara malayensis, Tetraleurodes perseae, Therloaphis maculate, Thyanta spp. such as T. accerra, T. perditor, Tibraca spp., Tomaspis spp., Toxoptera spp. such as T. auranti, Trialeurodes spp. such as T. abutilonea, T. ricin, T. vaporariorum; Triatoma spp., Trioza spp., Typhlocyba spp., Unaspis spp. such as U. citri, Uyanonensis; and Viteus vitifoli,

Insects from the order Hymenoptera for example Acanthomyops interjectus, Athalia rosae, Atta spp. such as A. capiguara, A. cephalotes, A. cephalotes, A. laevigata, A. robusta, A. sexdens, A. texana, Bombus spp., Brachymyrmex spp., Camponotus spp. such as C. floridanus, C. pennsylvanicus, C. modoc, Cardiocondyla nuda, Chalibion sp, Crematogaster spp., Dasymutilla occidentalis, Diprion spp., Dolichovespula maculata, Dorymyrmex spp., Dryocosmus kurnphilus, Formica spp., Hoplocampa spp. such as H. minuta, H. testudinea; Iridomyrmex humilis, Lasius spp. such as L. niger, Linepithema humile, Liometopum spp., Leptocybe invasa, Monomorium spp. such as M. pharaonis, Monomorium, Nylandria fulva, Pachycondyla chinensis, Paratrechina longicornis, Paravespula spp., such as P. germanica, P. pennsylvanica, P. vulgaris; Pheidoe spp. such as P. megacephala; Pogonomyrmex spp. such as P. barbatus, P. californicus, Polistes rubiginosa, Prenolepis impairs, Pseudomyrmexgracilis, Schelipron spp., Sirex cyaneus, Solenopsis spp. such as S. geminata, S. invicta, S. molesta, S. richteri S. xylon, Sphecius speciosus, Sphex spp., Tapinoma spp. such as T. melanocephalum, T. sessile; Tetramorium spp. such as T. caespitum, T. bicarinatum, Vespa spp. such as V. crabro; Vespula spp. such as V. squamosat, Wasmannia auropunctata, Xylocopa sp;

Insects from the order Orthoptera for example Acheta domesticus, Calliptamus italicus, Chortoicetes terminifera, Ceuthophilus spp., Diastrammena asynamora, Dociostaurus maroccanus, Gryllotalpa spp. such as G. africana, G. gryllotalpa; Gryllus spp., Hieroglyphus daganensis, Kraussaria angulifera, Locusta spp. such as L. migratoria, L. pardalina; Melanoplus spp. such as M. bivittatus, M. femurrubrum, M. mexicanus, M. sanguinipes, M. spretus; Nomadacris septemfasciata, Oedaleus senegalensis, Scapteriscus spp., Schistocerca spp. such as S. americana, S. gregaria, Stemopelmatus spp., Tachycines asynamorus, and Zonozerus variegatus;

Pests from the Class Arachnida for example Acari, e.g. of the families Argasidae, Ixodidae and Sarcoptidae, such as Amblyomma spp. (e.g. A. americanum, A. variegatum, A. maculatum), Argas spp. such as A. persicu), Boophilus spp. such as B. annulatus, B. decoloratus, B. microplus, Dermacentor spp. such as D. silvarum, D. anderson, D. variabillis, Hyalomma spp. such as H. truncatum, Ixodes spp. such as I. ricinus, I. rubicundus, I. scapularis, I. holocyclus, I. pacficus, Rhipicephalus sanguineus, Ornithodorus spp. such as O. moubata, O. herms, O. turicata, Ornithonyssus bacot, Otobius megnini, Dermanyssus gallinae, Psoroptes spp. such as P. ovis, Rhipicephalus spp. such as R. sanguineus, R. appendiculatus, Rhipicephalus everts, Rhizoglyphus spp., Sarcoptes spp. such as S. Scabie, and Family Eriophyidae including Aceria spp. such as A. sheldoni A. anthocoptes, Acallitus spp., Aculops spp. such as A. lycopersici A. pelekassi, Aculus spp. such as A. schlechtendai, Colomerus vitis, Epitrimerus pyri, Phyllocoptruta oleivora; Eriophytes ribis and Eriophyes spp. such as Eriophyes sheldoni Family Tarsonemidae including Hemitarsonemus spp., Phytonemus pallidus and Polyphagotarsonemus latus, Stenotarsonemus spp. Steneotarsonemus spinki Family Tenuipalpidae including Brevipalpus spp. such as B. phoenicis Family Tetranychidae including Eotetranychus spp., Eutetranychus spp., Oligonychus spp., Petrobia latens, Tetranychus spp. such as T. cinnabarinus, T. evans, T. kanzawai, T. pacficus, T. phaseulus, T. telarius and T. urticae; Byobia praetiosa, Panonychus spp. such as P. ulmi P. citri, Metatetranychus spp. and Oligonychus spp. such as O. pratensis, O. perseae, Vasates lycopersici, Raoiella indica, Family Carpoglyphidae including Carpoglyphus spp.; Penthaleidae spp. such as Halotydeusdestructor Family Demodicidae with species such as Demodex spp.; Family Trombicidea including Trombicula spp.; Family Macronyssidae including Ornothonyssus spp.; Family Pyemotidae including Pyemotes tritici, Tyrophagus putrescentiae; Family Acaridae including Acarus siro Family Araneida including Latrodectus mactans, Tegenaria agrestis, Chiracanthium sp, Lycosa sp Achaearanea tepidariorum and Loxosceles reclusa;

Pests from the Phylum Nematoda, for example, plant parasitic nematodes such as root-knot nematodes, Meloidogyne spp. such as M. hapla, M. incognita, Mjavanica; cyst-forming nematodes, Globodera spp. such as G. rostochiensis; Heterodera spp. such as H. avenae, H glycines, H. schachti, H. trifolii; Seed gall nematodes, Anguina spp.; Stem and foliar nematodes, Aphelenchoides spp. such as A. besseyi; Sting nematodes, Belonolaimus spp. such as B. longicaudatus; Pine nematodes, Bursaphelenchus spp. such as B. lignicolus, B. xyophus; Ring nematodes, Criconema spp., Criconemella spp. such as C. xenoplax and C. ornata; and, Criconemoides spp. such as Criconemoides informis; Mesocriconema spp.; Stem and bulb nematodes, Ditylenchus spp. such as D. destructor D. dipsaci Awl nematodes, Doichodorus spp.; Spiral nematodes, Heliocotylenchus multicinctus; Sheath and sheathoid nematodes, Hemicycllophora spp. and Hemicriconemoides spp.; Hirshmanniella spp.; Lance nematodes, Hoploaimus spp.; False rootknot nematodes, Nacobbus spp.; Needle nematodes, Longidorus spp. such as L. elongatus; Lesion nematodes, Pratylenchus spp. such as P. brachyurus, P. neglectus, P. penetrans, P. curvitatus, P. goodeyi; Burrowing nematodes, Radopholus spp. such as R. similis; Rhadopholus spp.; Rhodopholus spp.; Reniform nematodes, Rotylenchus spp. such as R. robustus, R. reniformis; Scutellonema spp.; Stubby-root nematode, Trichodorus spp. such as T. obtusus, T. primitivus; Paratrichodorus spp. such as P. minor Stunt nematodes, Tylenchorhynchus spp. such as T. claytoni, T. dubius; Citrus nematodes, Tyenchulus spp. such as T. semipenetrans; Dagger nematodes, Xiphinema spp.; and other plant parasitic nematode species;

Insects from the order Isoptera for example Calotermes flavicollis, Coptotermes spp. such as C. formosanus, C. gestroi, C. acinaciformis; Cornitermes cumulans, Cryptotermes spp. such as C. brevis, C. cavifrons; Globitermes sulfureus, Heterotermes spp. such as H. aureus, H. longiceps, H. tenuis; Leucotermes flavipes, Odontotermes spp., Incisitermes spp. such as I. minor, I. Snyder; Marginitermes hubbard, Mastotermes spp. such as M. darwiniensis, Neocapritermes spp. such as N. opacus, N. parvus; Neotermes spp., Procomitermes spp., Zootermopsis spp. such as Z. angusticollis, Z. nevadensis, Reticulitermes spp. such as R. hesperus, R. tibialis, R. speratus, R. flavipes, R. grasse, R. lucifugus, R. santonensis, R. virginicus; Termes natalensis,

Insects from the order Blattaria for example Blatta spp. such as B. orientalis, B. lateralis; Blattella spp. such as B. asahinae, B. germanica; Leucophaea maderae, Panchlora nivea, Periplaneta spp. such as P. americana, P. australasiae, P. brunnea, P. fuligginosa, P. japonica; Supella longipalpa, Parcoblatta pennsylvanica, Eurycotis foridana, Pycnoscelus surinamensis,

Insects from the order Siphonoptera for example Cediopsylla simples, Ceratophyllus spp., Ctenocephalides spp. such as C. felis, C. canis, Xenopsylla cheopis, Pulexirritans, Trichodectescanis, Tunga penetrans, and Nosopsyllus fasciatus,

Insects from the order Thysanura for example Lepisma sacchanna, Ctenolepisma urbana, and Thermobia domestica,

Pests from the class Chilopoda for example Geophilus spp., Scutigera spp. such as Scutigera coleoptrata;

Pests from the class Diplopoda for example Blaniulus guttulatus, Julus spp., Narceus spp.

Pests from the class Symphyla for example Scutigerella immaculata,

Insects from the order Dermaptera, for example Forficula auricularia,

Insects from the order Collembola, for example Onychiurus spp., such as Onychiurus armatus,

Pests from the order Isopoda for example, Armadillidium vulgare, Oniscus asellus, Porcellio scaber;

Insects from the order Phthiraptera, for example Damalinia spp., Pediculus spp. such as Pediculus humanus capitis, Pediculus humanus corporis, Pediculus humanus humanus; Pthirus pubis, Haematopinus spp. such as Haematopinus eurysternus, Haematopinus suis; Linognathus spp. such as Linognathus vitu; Bovicola bovis, Menopon gallinae, Menacanthus stramineus and Solenopotes capillatus, Trichodectes spp.,

Examples of further pest species which may be controlled by mixtures of the invention include: from the Phylum Mollusca, class Bivalvia, for example, Dreissena spp.; class Gastropoda, for example, Arion spp., Biomphalaria spp., Bulinus spp., Deroceras spp., Galba spp., Lymnaea spp., Oncomelania spp., Pomacea canaliclata, Succinea spp.; from the class of the helminths, for example, Ancylostoma duodenale, Ancyostoma ceylanicum, Acylostoma braziliensis, Ancylostoma spp., Ascaris lumbricoides, Ascaris spp., Brugia malay, Brugia timor, Bunostomum spp., Chabertia spp., Clonorchis spp., Cooperia spp., Dicrocoellium spp., Dictyocaulus flaria, Diphyllobothrium latum, Dracunculus medinensis, Echinococcus granulosus, Echinococcus multilocularis, Enterobius vermicularis, Faciola spp., Haemonchus spp. such as Haemonchus contortus; Heterakis spp., Hymenolepis nana, Hyostrongulus spp., Loa Loa, Nematodirus spp., Oesophagostomum spp., Opisthorchis spp., Onchocerca volvulus, Ostertagia spp., Paragonimus spp., Schistosomen spp., Strongyloides fuelleborni, Strongyloides stercora lis, Stronyloides spp., Taenia saginata, Taenia solium, Trichinella spiralis, Trichinella nativa, Trichinella britov, Trichinella nelsoni, Trichinella pseudopsiralis, Trichostrongulus spp., Trichuris trichiura, Wuchereria bancrofti.

The mixtures of the present invention are particularly suitable for controlling the following plant diseases:

Albugo spp. (white rust) on ornamentals, vegetables (e. g. A. candida) and sunflowers (e. g. A. tragopogonis); Alternaria spp. (Alternaria leaf spot) on vegetables, rape (A. brassicola or brassicae), sugar beets (A. tenuis), fruits, rice, soybeans, potatoes (e. g. A. solani or A. alternata), tomatoes (e. g. A. solani or A. alternata) and wheat; Aphanomyces spp. on sugar beets and vegetables; Ascochyta spp. on cereals and vegetables, e. g. A. tritici(anthracnose) on wheat and A. hordei on barley; Bipolaris and Drechslera spp. (teleomorph: Cochliobolus spp.), e. g. Southern leaf blight (D. maydis) or Northern leaf blight (B. zeicola) on corn, e. g. spot blotch (B. sorokiniana) on cereals and e. g. B. oyzae on rice and turfs; Blumeria (formerly Erysighe) graminis (powdery mildew) on cereals (e. g. on wheat or barley); Botrytis cinerea (teleomorph: Botryotinia fuckeliana: grey mold) on fruits and berries (e. g. strawberries), vegetables (e. g. lettuce, carrots, celery and cabbages), rape, flowers, vines, forestry plants and wheat; Bremia lactucae (downy mildew) on lettuce; Ceratocystis (syn. Ophiostoma) spp. (rotor wilt) on broad-leaved trees and evergreens, e. g. C. ulmi (Dutch elm disease) on elms; Cercospora spp. (Cercospora leaf spots) on corn (e. g. Gray leaf spot: C. zeae-maydis), rice, sugar beets (e. g. C. beticola), sugar cane, vegetables, coffee, soybeans (e. g. C. sojina or C. kikuchii) and rice; Cladosporium spp. on tomatoes (e. g. C. fulvum leaf mold) and cereals, e. g. C. herbarum (black ear) on wheat; Claviceps purpurea (ergot) on cereals; Cochliobolus (anamorph: Helminthosporium of Bipolaris) spp. (leaf spots) on corn (C. carbonum), cereals (e. g. C. sativus, anamorph: B. sorokiniana) and rice (e. g. C. myabeanus, anamorph: H. oryzae); Colletotrichum (teleomorph: Glomerella) spp. (anthracnose) on cotton (e. g. C. gossypi), corn (e. g. C. graminicola: Anthracnose stalk rot), soft fruits, potatoes (e. g. C. coccodes black dot), beans (e. g. C. lindemuthianum) and soybeans (e. g. C. truncatum or C. gloeosporioides); Corticium spp., e. g. C. sasakii (sheath blight) on rice; Corynespora cassiicola (leaf spots) on soybeans and ornamentals; Cycloconium spp., e. g. C. oleaginum on olive trees; Cyilndrocarpon spp. (e. g. fruit tree canker or young vine decline, teleomorph: Nectria or Neonectria spp.) on fruit trees, vines (e. g. C. liriodendri, teleomorph: Neonectria liriodendri. Black Foot Disease) and ornamentals; Dematophora (teleomorph: Rosellinia) necatrix (root and stem rot) on soybeans; Diaporthe spp., e. g. D. phaseolorum (damping off) on soybeans; Drechslera (syn. Helminthosporium, teleomorph: Pyrenophora) spp. on corn, cereals, such as barley (e. g. D. teres, net blotch) and wheat (e. g. D. tritici-repentis tan spot), rice and turf; Esca (dieback, apoplexy) on vines, caused by Formitiporia (syn. Phellinus) punctata, F. mediterranea, Phaeomoniella chlamydospora (earlier Phaeoacremonium chlamydosporum), Phaeoacremonium aleophilum and/or Botryosphaeria obtusa Elsinoe spp. on pome fruits (E. pyri), soft fruits (E. veneta: anthracnose) and vines (E. ampelina: anthracnose); Entyloma oryzae (leaf smut) on rice; Epicoccum spp. (black mold) on wheat; Erysiphe spp. (powdery mildew) on sugar beets (E. betae), vegetables (e. g. E. pisi, such as cucurbits (e. g. E. cichoracearum), cabbages, rape (e. g. E. cruciferarum); Eutypa lata (Eutypa canker or dieback, anamorph: Cytosporina lata, syn. Libertella blepharis) on fruit trees, vines and ornamental woods; Exserohilum (syn. Helminthosporium) spp. on corn (e. g. E. turcicum); Fusarium (teleomorph: Gibberella) spp. (wilt, root or stem rot) on various plants, such as F. graminearum or F. culmorum (root rot, scab or head blight) on cereals (e. g. wheat or barley), F. oxysporum on tomatoes, F. solani (f. sp. glycines now syn. F. virguliforme) and F. tucumaniae and F. brasiliense each causing sudden death syndrome on soybeans, and F. verticillioides on corn; Gaeumannomyces graminis (take-all) on cereals (e. g. wheat or barley) and corn; Gibberella spp. on cereals (e. g. G. zeae) and rice (e. g. G. fujikuroi Bakanae disease); Glomerella cingulata on vines, pome fruits and other plants and G. gossypiion cotton; Grainstaining complex on rice; Guignardia bidwellii (black rot) on vines; Gymnosporangium spp. on rosaceous plants and junipers, e. g. G. sabinae (rust) on pears; Helminthosporium spp. (syn. Drechslera, teleomorph: Cochliobolus) on corn, cereals and rice; Hemileia spp., e. g. H. vastatrix (coffee leaf rust) on coffee; Isariopsis clavispora (syn. Cladosporium vitis) on vines; Macrophomina phaseolina (syn. phaseoli) (root and stem rot) on soybeans and cotton; Microdochium (syn. Fusarium) nivale (pink snow mold) on cereals (e. g. wheat or barley); Microsphaera diffusa (powdery mildew) on soybeans; Monilinia spp., e. g. M. laxa, M. fructicola and M. fructigena (bloom and twig blight, brown rot) on stone fruits and other rosaceous plants; Mycosphaerella spp. on cereals, bananas, soft fruits and ground nuts, such as e. g. M. graminicola (anamorph: Septoria tritic, Septoria blotch) on wheat or M. fiensis(black Sigatoka disease) on bananas; Peronospora spp. (downy mildew) on cabbage (e. g. P. brassicae), rape (e. g. P. parasitica), onions (e. g. P. destructo), tobacco (P. tabacina) and soybeans (e. g. P. manshurica); Phakopsora pachyrhiziand P. meibomlae (soybean rust) on soybeans; Phialophora spp. e. g. on vines (e. g. P. tracheiphila and P. tetraspora) and soybeans (e. g. P. gregata stem rot); Phoma lingam (root and stem rot) on rape and cabbage and P. betae (root rot, leaf spot and damping-off) on sugar beets; Phomopsis spp. on sunflowers, vines (e. g. P. viticola can and leaf spot) and soybeans (e. g. stem rot: P. phaseol, teleomorph: Diaporthe phaseolorum); Physoderma maydis (brown spots) on corn; Phytophthora spp. (wilt, root, leaf, fruit and stem root) on various plants, such as paprika and cucurbits (e. g. P. capsici), soybeans (e. g. P. megasperma, syn. P. sojae), potatoes and tomatoes (e. g. P. infestans late blight) and broad-leaved trees (e. g. P. ramorum sudden oak death); Plasmodiophora brassicae (club root) on cabbage, rape, radish and other plants; Plasmopara spp., e. g. P. viticola (grapevine downy mildew) on vines and P. halstediion sunflowers; Podosphaera spp. (powdery mildew) on rosaceous plants, hop, pome and soft fruits, e. g. P. leucotricha on apples; Polymyxa spp., e. g. on cereals, such as barley and wheat (P. graminis) and sugar beets (P. betae) and thereby transmitted viral diseases; Pseudocercosporella herpotrichoides (eyespot, teleomorph: Tapesia yallundae) on cereals, e. g. wheat or barley; Pseudoperonospora (downy mildew) on various plants, e. g. P. cubensis on cucurbits or P. humili on hop; Pseudopezicula tracheiphila (red fire disease or, rotbrenner', anamorph: Phialophora) on vines; Puccinia spp. (rusts) on various plants, e. g. P. triticina (brown or leaf rust), P. striiformis (stripe or yellow rust), P. hordei (dwarf rust), P. graminis (stem or black rust) or P. recondita (brown or leaf rust) on cereals, such as e. g. wheat, barley or rye, P. kuehnii (orange rust) on sugar cane and P. asparagion asparagus; Pyrenophora (anamorph: Drechslera) tritici-repentis (tan spot) on wheat or P. teres (net blotch) on barley; Pyricularia spp., e. g. P. oryzae (teleomorph: Magnaporthe grisea, rice blast) on rice and P. grisea on turf and cereals; Pythium spp. (damping-off) on turf, rice, corn, wheat, cotton, rape, sunflowers, soybeans, sugar beets, vegetables and various other plants (e. g. P. ultimum or P. aphanidermatum); Ramularia spp., e. g. R. collo-cygni (Ramularia leaf spots, Physiological leaf spots) on barley and R. beticola on sugar beets; Rhizoctonia spp. on cotton, rice, potatoes, turf, corn, rape, potatoes, sugar beets, vegetables and various other plants, e. g. R. solani (root and stem rot) on soybeans, R. solani (sheath blight) on rice or R. cerealis (Rhizoctonia spring blight) on wheat or barley; Rhizopus stolonifer(black mold, soft rot) on strawberries, carrots, cabbage, vines and tomatoes; Rhynchosporium secalis (scald) on barley, rye and triticale; Sarocladium oryzae and S. attenuatum (sheath rot) on rice; Sclerotinia spp. (stem rot or white mold) on vegetables and field crops, such as rape, sunflowers (e. g. S. sclerotiorum) and soybeans (e. g. S. rolfsii or S. sclerotiorum); Septoria spp. on various plants, e. g. S. glycines (brown spot) on soybeans, S. tritici (Septoria blotch) on wheat and S. (syn. Stagonospora) nodorum (Stagonospora blotch) on cereals; Uncinula (syn. Erysiphe) necator (powdery mildew, anamorph: Oidium tucken) on vines; Setospaeria spp. (leaf blight) on corn (e. g. S. turcicum, syn. Helminthosporium turcicum) and turf; Sphacelotheca spp. (smut) on corn, (e. g. S. reiliana: head smut), sorghum und sugar cane; Sphaerotheca fuliginea(powdery mildew) on cucurbits; Spongospora subterranea(powdery scab) on potatoes and thereby transmitted viral diseases; Stagonospora spp. on cereals, e. g. S. nodorum (Stagonospora blotch, teleomorph: Leptosphaeria [syn. Phaeosphaeria] nodorum) on wheat; Synchytrium endobioticum on potatoes (potato wart disease); Taphrina spp., e. g. T. deformans (leaf curl disease) on peaches and T. prunl(plum pocket) on plums; Thielaviopsis spp. (black root rot) on tobacco, pome fruits, vegetables, soybeans and cotton, e. g. T. basicola (syn. Chalara eegans); Tilletia spp. (common bunt or stinking smut) on cereals, such as e. g. T. tritici (syn. T. caries, wheat bunt) and T. controversa(dwarf bunt) on wheat; Typhula incarnata (grey snow mold) on barley or wheat; Uro-cystis spp., e. g. U. occulta (stem smut) on rye; Uromyces spp. (rust) on vegetables, such as beans (e. g. U. appendiculatus, syn. U. phaseoli) and sugar beets (e. g. U. betae); Ustilago spp. (loose smut) on cereals (e. g. U. nuda and U. avaenae), corn (e. g. U. maydis corn smut) and sugar cane; Venturia spp. (scab) on apples (e. g. V. inaequalis) and pears; and Verticillium spp. (wilt) on various plants, such as fruits and ornamentals, vines, soft fruits, vegetables and field crops, e. g. V. dahliae on strawberries, rape, potatoes and tomatoes.

EXAMPLES

Synergism can be described as an interaction where the combined effect of two or more compounds is greater than the sum of the individual effects of each of the compounds. The presence of a synergistic effect in terms of percent control or efficiacy, between two mixing partners (X and Y) can be calculated using the Colby equation (Colby, S. R., 1967, Calculating Synergistic and Antagonistic Responses in Herbicide Combinations, Weeds, 15, 20-22):

$E = {X + Y - \frac{XY}{100}}$

When the observed combined control effect is greater than the expected combined control effect (E), then the combined effect is synergistic.

The following tests can demonstrate the control efficacy of mixtures or compositions of this invention on specific pests and fungi. However, the pest control protection afforded by the compounds, mixtures or compositions is not limited to these species. In certain instances, combinations of a compound of this invention with other invertebrate pest control compounds or agents are found to exhibit synergistic effects against certain important invertebrate pests and/or harmful fungi.

The expected efficacies of active compound mixtures were determined using Colby's formula [R. S. Colby, “Calculating synergistic and antagonistic responses of herbicide combinations”, Weeds 15, 20-22 (1967)] and compared with the observed efficacies.

B.1 Cowpea Aphid (Aphis craccivora)

The active compounds were formulated in 50:50 (vol:vol) acetone:water. The test solution was prepared at the day of use. Potted cowpea plants colonized with 100-150 aphids of various stages were sprayed after the pest population had been recorded. Population reduction was assessed after 24, 72, and 120 hours.

B.2 Cotton Aphid (Aphis gossypii, Mixed Life Stages)

The active compounds were formulated in cyclohexanone as a 10,0000 ppm solution supplied in 1.3 ml ABgene® tubes. These tubes were inserted into an automated electrostatic sprayer equipped with an atomizing nozzle and they served as stock solutions for which lower dilutions were made in 50% acetone: 50% water (v/v). A nonionic surfactant (Kinetic®) was included in the solution at a volume of 0.01% (v/v).

Cotton plants at the cotyledon stage were infested with aphids prior to treatment by placing a heavily infested leaf from the main aphid colony on top of each cotyledon. Aphids were allowed to transfer overnight to accomplish an infestation of 80-100 aphids per plant and the host leaf was removed. The infested plants were then sprayed by an automated electrostatic plant sprayer equipped with an atomizing spray nozzle. The plants were dried in the sprayer fume hood, removed from the sprayer, and then maintained in a growth room under fluorescent lighting in a 24-hr photoperiod at 25° C. and 20-40% relative humidity. Aphid mortality on the treated plants, relative to mortality on untreated control plants, was determined after 5 days.

B.3 Silverleaf Whitefly (Bemisia argentifolii, Adult)

The active compounds were formulated in cyclohexanone as a 10,0000 ppm solution supplied in 1.3 ml ABgene® tubes. These tubes were inserted into an automated electrostatic sprayer equipped with an atomizing nozzle and they served as stock solutions for which lower dilutions were made in 50% acetone: 50% water (v/v). A nonionic surfactant (Kinetic®) was included in the solution at a volume of 0.01% (v/v).

Cotton plants at the cotyledon stage (one plant per pot) were sprayed by an automated electrostatic plant sprayer equipped with an atomizing spray nozzle. The plants were dried in the sprayer fume hood and then removed from the sprayer. Each pot was placed into a plastic cup and 10 to 12 whitefly adults (approximately 3-5 days old) were introduced. The insects were collected using an aspirator and 0.6 cm, nontoxic Tygon® tubing (R-3603) connected to a barrier pipette tip. The tip, containing the collected insects, was then gently inserted into the soil containing the treated plant, allowing insects to crawl out of the tip to reach the foliage for feeding. Cups were covered with a reusable screened lid (150-micron mesh polyester screen PeCap from Tetko, Inc.). Test plants were maintained in a growth room at 25° C. and 20-40% relative humidity for 3 days, avoiding direct exposure to fluorescent light (24 hour photoperiod) to prevent trapping of heat inside the cup. Mortality was assessed 3 days after treatment, compared to untreated control plants.

B.4 Vetch Aphid (Megoura viciae)

The active compounds were formulated in 1:3 (vol:vol) DMSO: water with different concentrations of formulated compounds.

Bean leaf disks were placed into microtiterplates filled with 0.8% agar-agar and 2.5 ppm OPUS™. The leaf disks were sprayed with 2.5 μl of the test solution and 5 to 8 adult aphids were placed into the microtiter plates which were then closed and kept at 23±1° C. and 50±5% relative humidity under fluorescent light for 6 days. Mortality was assessed on the basis of vital, reproduced aphids. Aphid mortality and fecundity was then visually assessed.

B.5 Green Peach Aphid (Myzus persicae)

The active compounds were formulated in cyclohexanone as a 10,0000 ppm solution supplied in 1.3 ml ABgene® tubes. These tubes were inserted into an automated electrostatic sprayer equipped with an atomizing nozzle and they served as stock solutions for which lower dilutions were made in 50% acetone: 50% water (v/v). A nonionic surfactant (Kinetic®) was included in the solution at a volume of 0.01% (v/v).

Bell pepper plants at the first true-leaf stage were infested prior to treatment by placing heavily infested leaves from the main colony on top of the treatment plants. Aphids were allowed to transfer overnight to accomplish an infestation of 30-50 aphids per plant and the host leaves were removed. The infested plants were then sprayed by an automated electrostatic plant sprayer equipped with an atomizing spray nozzle. The plants were dried in the sprayer fume hood, removed, and then maintained in a growth room under fluorescent lighting in a 24 hour photoperiod at 25° C. and 20-40% relative humidity. Aphid mortality on the treated plants, relative to mortality on untreated control plants, was determined after 5 days.

B.7 Rice Plant Hopper (Nilaparvata lugens)

Rice seedlings were cleaned and washed 24 hours before spraying. The active compounds were formulated in 50:50 acetone: water and 0.1% vol/vol surfactant (EL 620) was added. Potted rice seedlings were sprayed with 5 ml test solution, air dried, placed in cages and inoculated with 10 adults. Treated rice plants were kept at 28-29° C. and relative humidity of 50-60%. Percent mortality was recorded after 72 hours.

B.8 Orchid thrips (Dichromothrips corbetti)

The active compounds were formulated as a 50:50 (vol:vol) acetone:water solution. Surfactant (Alkamuls EL 620) was added at the rate of 0.1% (vol/vol). Vanda orchids petals were cleaned, washed and air dried prior to spraying. Petals were dipped into the test solution for 3 seconds, air dried, placed inside a resealable plastic and inoculated with 20 adults. The treated petals were kept inside the holding room at 28-29° C. and relative humidity of 50-60%. Percent mortality was recorded after 72 hours.

B.9 Rice Green Leafhopper (Nephotettix virescens)

Rice seedlings were cleaned and washed 24 hours before spraying. The active com-pounds were formulated in 50:50 acetone: water, and 0.1% vol/vol surfactant (EL 620) was added. Potted rice seedlings were sprayed with 5 ml test solution, air dried, placed in cages and inoculated with 10 adults. Treated rice plants were kept at 28-29° C. and relative humidity of 50-60%. Percent mortality was recorded after 72 hours.

Test 1—Control of Vetch Aphid

For evaluating control of vetch aphid (Megoura viciae) through contact or systemic means the test unit consisted of 24-well-microtiter plates containing broad bean leaf disks.

The compounds or mixtures were formulated using a solution containing 75% water and 25% Dimethylsulfoxide (DMSO). Different concentrations of formulated compounds or mixtures were sprayed onto the leaf disks at 2.5 μl, using a custom built micro atomizer, at two replications.

For experimental mixtures in these tests identical volumes of both mixing partners at the desired concentrations respectively, were mixed together.

After application, the leaf disks were air-dried and 5-8 adult aphids placed on the leaf disks inside the microtiter plate wells. The aphids were then allowed to suck on the treated leaf disks and incubated at 23+1° C., 50+5% relative humidity (RH) for 5 days. Aphid mortality and fecundity was then visually assessed.

Test 2—Control of Green Peach Aphid

For evaluating control of green peach aphid (Myzus persicae) through systemic means the test unit consisted of 96-well-microtiter plates containing liquid artificial diet under an artificial membrane.

The compounds or mixtures were formulated using a solution containing 75% water and 25% DMSO. Different concentrations of formulated compounds or mixtures were pipetted into the aphid diet, using a custom built pipetter, at two replications.

For experimental mixtures in these tests identical volumes of both mixing partners at the desired concentrations respectively, were mixed together.

After application, 5-8 adult aphids were placed on the artificial membrane inside the microtiter plate wells. The aphids were then allowed to suck on the treated aphid diet and incubated at 23+1° C., 50+5% RH for 3 days. Aphid mortality and fecundity was then visually assessed.

Test 3—Control of Boll Weevil

For evaluating control of boll weevil (Anthonomus grandis) the test unit consisted of 24-well-microtiter plates containing an insect diet and 20-30 A. grandis eggs.

The compounds or mixtures were formulated using a solution containing 75% water and 25% DMSO. Different concentrations of formulated compounds or mixtures were sprayed onto the insect diet at 20 μl, using a custom built micro atomizer, at two replications.

For experimental mixtures in these tests identical volumes of both mixing partners at the desired concentrations respectively, were mixed together.

After application, microtiter plates were incubated at 23+1° C., 50+5% RH for 5 days. Egg and larval mortality was then visually assessed.

Test 4—Control of Mediterranean Fruitfly

For evaluating control of Mediterranean fruitfly (Ceratitis capitata) the test unit consisted of 96-well-microtiter plates containing an insect diet and 50-80 C. capitata eggs.

The compounds or mixtures were formulated using a solution containing 75% water and 25% DMSO. Different concentrations of formulated compounds or mixtures were sprayed onto the insect diet at 5 μl, using a custom built micro atomizer, at two replications.

For experimental mixtures in these tests identical volumes of both mixing partners at the desired concentrations respectively, were mixed together.

After application, microtiter plates were incubated at 28+1° C., 80+5% RH for 5 days. Egg and larval mortality was then visually assessed.

Test 5—Control of Tobacco Budworm

For evaluating control of tobacco budworm (Heliothis virescens) the test unit consisted of 96-well-microtiter plates containing an insect diet and 15-25 H. virescens eggs.

The compounds or mixtures were formulated using a solution containing 75% water and 25% DMSO. Different concentrations of formulated compounds or mixtures were sprayed onto the insect diet at 10 μl, using a custom built micro atomizer, at two replications.

For experimental mixtures in these tests identical volumes of both mixing partners at the desired concentrations respectively, were mixed together.

After application, microtiter plates were incubated at 28+1° C., 80+5% RH for 5 days. Egg and larval mortality was then visually assessed.

Tests 6 to 9: Microtests

The active compounds were formulated separately as a stock solution having a concentration of 10000 ppm in dimethyl sulfoxide.

The measured parameters were compared to the growth of the active compound-free control variant (100%) and the fungus-free and active compound-free blank value to determine the relative growth in % of the pathogens in the respective active compounds. These percentages were converted into efficacies.

Test 6—Activity against the grey mold Botrytis cinerea in the microtiterplate test The stock solutions were mixed according to the ratio, pipetted onto a micro titer plate (MTP) and diluted with water to the stated concentrations. A spore suspension of Botrci cinerea in an aqueous biomalt solution was then added. The plates were placed in a water vapor-saturated chamber at a temperature of 18° C. Using an absorption photometer, the MTPs were measured at 405 nm 7 days after the inoculation.

Test 7—Activity Against Rice Blast Pyricularia oryzae in the Microtiterplate Test

The stock solutions were mixed according to the ratio, pipetted onto a micro titer plate (MTP) and diluted with water to the stated concentrations. A spore suspension of Pyricularia oryzae in an aqueous biomalt solution was then added. The plates were placed in a water vapor-saturated chamber at a temperature of 18° C. Using an absorption photometer, the MTPs were measured at 405 nm 7 days after the inoculation.

Test 8—Activity Against Early Blight on Tomatoes Caused by Alternaria solani

Microtest: the active compounds were formulated separately as a stock solution having a concentration of 10000 ppm in dimethyl sulfoxide.

The stock solutions were mixed according to the ratio, pipetted onto a micro titer plate (MTP) and diluted with water to the stated concentrations. A spore suspension of Alternaria solani in an aqueous biomalt solution was then added. The plates were placed in a water vapor-saturated chamber at a temperature of 18° C. Using an absorption photometer, the MTPs were measured at 405 nm 7 days after the inoculation. 

1. A pesticidal mixture comprising F1) at least one active compound of formula I:

wherein R¹ is CH₂CH₃; R³ is CH(CH₃)₂; R⁴ is CH₃; and F2) fluxametamide, wherein component F1) and component F2) are present in a weight ratio of from 1000:1 to 1:1000.
 2. The pesticidal mixture of claim 1 wherein the weight ratio of component F1) to component F2) is in the range from 100:1 to 1:100.
 3. The pesticidal mixture of claim 1, wherein the weight ratio range of component F1) to component F2) is in the range of from 10:1 to 1:10.
 4. The pesticidal mixture of claim 1, wherein the weight ratio range of component F1) to component F2) is in the range of from 2:1 to 1:2.
 5. A seed treatment composition comprising a pesticidal mixture as defined in claim 1, and at least one auxiliary, wherein the auxiliary is selected from the group consisting of surfactants, antifreezing agents, binders, and pigments.
 6. The seed treatment composition according to claim 5, wherein the auxiliary is selected from the group consisting of surfactants and binders.
 7. Treated seeds comprising seeds treated with a pesticidal mixture as defined in claim 1 or a seed treatment composition comprising the pesticidal mixture and at least one auxiliary selected from the group consisting of surfactants, antifreezing agents, binders, and pigments, wherein the pesticidal mixture is applied to the seeds in an amount ranging from 0.01 g to 10000 g per 100 kg of seeds.
 8. A method for controlling invertebrate pests on plants selected from wheat, maize, barley, oat, rye, rice, soybean, cotton, sugarbeet, rapeseed, and potato, on a plant propagation material thereof, or in a soil or water in which the plants are growing, the method comprising contacting at least one of the plants, the plant propagation materials, the invertebrate pests, a food supply of the invertebrate pests, a habitat of the invertebrate pests, and a breeding ground of the invertebrate pests, with an effective amount of the pesticidal mixture of claim
 1. 9. The method according to claim 8, wherein the invertebrate pests are selected from the group consisting of aphids and thrips.
 10. The method of claim 8, wherein the weight ratio range of component F1) to component F2) is in a range of from 10:1 to 1:10.
 11. The method of claim 8, wherein the weight ratio range of component F1) to component F2) is in a range of from 2:1 to 1:2. 